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Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 5, 1888 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 5, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1888
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 132, Ed. 1, Tuesday, April 5, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 132, Ed. 1, Tuesday, April 5, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 5, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 5, 1882 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 5, 1882

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1882
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 178, Ed. 1 Monday, April 5, 1886 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 178, Ed. 1 Monday, April 5, 1886

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1886
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 179, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 5, 1887 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 179, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 5, 1887

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1887
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 127, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1888 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 127, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1888

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1888
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 121, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1889 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 121, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1889

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1889
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 5, 1884 (open access)

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 5, 1884

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 5, 1884
Creator: Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tenth Census of the United States Indian Division District No 1, Arapaho Tribe (open access)

Tenth Census of the United States Indian Division District No 1, Arapaho Tribe

Population census of the Arapaho tribe on the Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation. Information collected includes Indian and English names, relationship to head of household, occupation, and personal information. The scan is in two parts due to the size of the paper.
Date: April 5, 1881
Creator: Covington, J.A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Temple Weekly Times (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1889 (open access)

The Temple Weekly Times (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 5, 1889
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter. (open access)

Cotton Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed planter. This design "consists in the combination of a front pair of scraping-wings attached to a central furrow-opener, a revolving biconical wheel for pressing open the furrow and operating a toothed or spiked seed stirring and distributing shaft, and a rear covering-roller having a concave periphery" (lines 18-24).
Date: April 5, 1881
Creator: Crow, John Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1624: Webb, J.W. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1624: Webb, J.W. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Webb, J.W. (died September 19, 1891) and Mattie O. Webb (Executor or Guardian). Huge file. Jewelry and fine goods merchandiser involved in interstate commerce. Married on 27 Jun 1889; daughter Aline born 6 Jun 1890.
Date: 1888-04-05/1895-01-26
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1999: Smith, Mary B. et al (Minors) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1999: Smith, Mary B. et al (Minors)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Smith, Mary B. et al (Minors) and M.I. Smith (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1883-04-05/1898-12-28
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jar Fastener. (open access)

Jar Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved jar fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a fruit can or jar, having a continuous groove across its bottom and up its sides, of a U-shaped bolt resting in said groove, a cap-plate resting on the top of the jar and through which the legs of the bolt extend, and securing nuts turning on the ends of the bolt above the cap-plate" (lines 78-84).
Date: April 5, 1887
Creator: Dickey, Marion Flutcher
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Matilda Dodd to Sis and Mr. Moore, April 5, 1883] (open access)

[Letter from Matilda Dodd to Sis and Mr. Moore, April 5, 1883]

She received their letter and hopes that Mr. Moore will get well from his rheumatics. They have had a lot of cold weather and the peach trees have not bloomed yet. People are planting irish potatoes. Abe and Bettie are building a new kitchen and Tobe's baby has teeth already. She says there has been a lot of sickness and death the past winter and spring. Mrs. Allison and Mr. Harris died. Laura Dorris and her baby are sick. She asks if Linnet goes egg hunting like Birdie. She is at Dinkie's house. She received another letter from them. She mentions the telephone wires that went up. Mrs. Summers has had hemorrhages. Sam Thornhill had some the other night, he was robbed. She asks that they write soon.
Date: April 5, 1883
Creator: Dodd, Matilda
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1888 (open access)

The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1888

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 5, 1888
Creator: Edmondson, P. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Recutting Files. (open access)

Apparatus for Recutting Files.

Patent for a new and improved file re-cutter. This design consists "[i]n an apparatus for recutting files by electro-chemical action, the dialectric plates and the carbon plates having their upper ends attached to said non-conducting plates, whereby the files to be recut are disposed between the carbon plates when in the solution" (lines 76-82).
Date: April 5, 1887
Creator: Emley, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Canton Telephone. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1889 (open access)

The Canton Telephone. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Canton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1889
Creator: Foster, W. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 78, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1888 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 78, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1888

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 5, 1888
Creator: Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 81, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1889 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 81, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1889

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 5, 1889
Creator: Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shingle Gage. (open access)

Shingle Gage.

Patent for a new and improved gauge for the installation of roofing shingles. This design utilizes a set of metal brackets and joined metal bars to guide in the nailing of shingles to the roof. This eliminates the need for marking in advance the target of the nail.
Date: April 5, 1881
Creator: Gay, Edward R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 70, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 5, 1887 (open access)

The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 70, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 5, 1887

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 5, 1887
Creator: Gilbert, C. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake. (open access)

Car Brake.

Patent for a new and improved car-brake. This design consists in "brake-shoes [which] are jointed by pivots to brake-blocks of the usual form, which are suspended from the truck-timbers by suitable suspending links or clevises, so that they may have a free longitudinal movement when acted upon by the actuating mechanism, and said blocks and brake-shoes are separated by transverse brake-bars, in order that they may be kept truly in-line with the car-wheels at all times" (lines 16-25).
Date: April 5, 1887
Creator: Greer, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 3139, Ed. 1 Monday, April 5, 1880 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 3139, Ed. 1 Monday, April 5, 1880

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1880
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History