The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 10, 1888 (open access)

The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 10, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back Band. (open access)

Back Band.

Patent for a new and improved back-band. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the back-band, the leather guard secured thereto, and the leather section secured to said band at one end of said guard and provided with loop and buckle, of the protector having slotted ends, and the strap connected with said buckle and having its ends passed through the slotted ends of said protector and under said loop" (lines 65-72).
Date: January 10, 1888
Creator: Helm, Albert Jerome
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Power. (open access)

Mechanical Power.

Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "relates to mechanical powers, the object being to combine with an ordinary tread-wheel mechanical advices adapted to be operated by horse-power to revolve said wheel. The invention consists in the features of construction and combination of parts" (lines 9-14).
Date: July 10, 1883
Creator: Perrin, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History