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Axle Box. (open access)

Axle Box.

Patent for a new and improved axle-box. This design "relates to that class of axle-boxes in which anti-friction devices are employed for enabling the wheel to revolve on the axle with as little friction and wear as possible. [The] invention consists in providing anti-friction rods or rollers arranged between the axle and the vehicle-hub, and held in place in an improved manner" (lines 8-16).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Hobron, Charles B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 215, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 215, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Removing Broken Screws, &c. (open access)

Device for Removing Broken Screws, &c.

Patent for a new and improved device for removing broken screws. This design "is to provide a . . . bit specially designed for extracting screws, taps, screw-bolts, &c., from iron, marble, or other hard substances in case one of the said articles is broken off in the material into which it is screwed. The invention consists of a bit provided with an internal spiral cutting-thread and external cutters" (lines 7-15).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Cahn, Maurice
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dish Drier. (open access)

Dish Drier.

Patent for a new and improved dish-drier. This design consists in "[t]he body having perforations and having side projection and spout, in combination with the cover, false bottom supported from the main bottom of the drier, and having the uprights and cross-pieces" (lines 75-80).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Wilson, Alice J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 266, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 266, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Elliott, Sercey & Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 334, Ed. 1, Tuesday, September 10, 1889 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 334, Ed. 1, Tuesday, September 10, 1889

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 2239, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 2239, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 241, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 241, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Leonard, J. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 137, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 137, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator and Burner. (open access)

Gas Generator and Burner.

Patent for a new and improved gas generator. This design "has for its object to improve the efficiency of that type of vapor generators and burners wherein oil and air pipes enter a casing having burner orifices and filled with an incombustible substance, which when heated vaporizes the oil" (lines 8-13).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Street, Joseph G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the gate and the horizontally-swinging arm arranged above the gate and provided in its free end with a longitudinal slot and a series of transverse perforations and engaging the lever, the vertical latch, also pivoted on the gate, and the horizontally-sliding connecting bar between the lower ends of the latch and the lever" (lines 90-101).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Lively, Robert M. & Lively, Louis P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles B. Moore to William Dodd, September 10,1889] (open access)

[Letter from Charles B. Moore to William Dodd, September 10,1889]

This postcard is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Charles to William Dodd in Gallatin, Tennessee. Moore is writing from a hotel in Nashville. He details what the family has been doing in Nashville and who they have seen during their stay. He mentions that he has not been able to sleep and decided to write the family cards to give them an update on the Moore family's goings-on.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oklahoma City Daily Times. (Oklahoma City, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 62, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889 (open access)

Oklahoma City Daily Times. (Oklahoma City, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 62, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma published "in the interest of the Oklahoma Settlers." Includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Sawyer, Hamlin W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. NINTH YEAR, No. 206, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889 (open access)

El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. NINTH YEAR, No. 206, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 196, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 196, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1889

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Cotton Cleaner and Distributer. (open access)

Seed Cotton Cleaner and Distributer.

Patent for a new and improved cotton cleaner and distributor. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the cylinder and drum, of a shaft mounted in bearings on the frame and extending through the said cylinder and provided with blades of varying length, a fan located in the drum, a pipe leading tangentially out from said drum, said pipe having openings formed therein, and guides secured on said pipe over said openings, said guides having wire sides" (lines 46-54).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Elliott, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stone-Sawing Machine (open access)

Stone-Sawing Machine

Patent for new and unique improvements to stone-sawing machines.
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Ferguson, James Crawford
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History