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Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 276, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 276, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cuff Holder. (open access)

Cuff Holder.

Patent for a new and improved cuff holder. This design "is chiefly to render cuffs hitherto buttoned to shirt-sleeves as readily attached or buttoned to coat-sleeves, in order that they may be removed from the wearer's person together with the coat to prevent the cuffs being soiled; and its object is also to avoid unbuttoning and buttoning cuffs to the shirt by means of the usual cuff-attaching buttons" (lines 24-32).
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Atkin, Samuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Check. (open access)

Door Check.

Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design "consists in the combination, with a jaw provided with a pocket having an opening in its bottom, of a pivoted bar having a bead or nipple, which bar is passed through the pocket, and of a spring held in the pocket jaw and resting on the bar" (lines 12-17).
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Maurer, Adam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 56, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 56, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 105, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 10, 1885 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 105, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 10, 1885

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1058, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1058, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 200, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 200, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock for Sliding Doors. (open access)

Lock for Sliding Doors.

Patent for a new and improved lock. This design consists "[i]n a lock, the combination of the latch, the spring pressing upon it, and the trip-lever, provided with upper and lower arms and the former serving as a seat for the spring and the latter having a projection for the key to act upon" (lines 97-102).
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Hayden, Miles & Dixon, William Cason
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 165, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885 (open access)

El Paso Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 165, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Spike. (open access)

Railroad Spike.

Patent for a new and improved railroad spike. This design consists in "[a] spike for securing a railroad-rail, having a lower portion, having a shoulder, and a right-angular arm for resting against the base-flange of a rail, and the arm or extension" (lines 60-64).
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Hicks, James D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 267, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 10, 1885 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 267, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 10, 1885

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Cresset. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885 (open access)

San Marcos Cresset. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1885

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Hull, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 308, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 10, 1885 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 308, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 10, 1885

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine. (open access)

Washing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists "in a washing-machine, the combination, with the furnace, of the box, having the semicircularly-curved top, of the cylindrical cage and the flues in the box" (lines 87-90).
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Richardson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for an improvement to the washing machine that is included with illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Burgess, Dudley L. & Broxton, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History