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Abdominal Supporter. (open access)

Abdominal Supporter.

Patent for a new and improved abdominal supporter. This design "consist[s] of the waist-belt, the abdominal sector-shaped pads hung from the waist-belt by elastic straps, the straps buttoned to the belt behind and to the bottom of the abdominal pads in front, the side straps connecting the abdominal pads with the pieces at the back, and the front strap connecting the two abdominal pads together with the shoulder-straps" (lines 70-79).
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Gray, Harriet N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stop. (open access)

Blind Stop.

Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design consists "[i]n blind-stops, the rod, consisting of two parts connected by a thin piece of metal, in combination with a blind provided with a median open-slotted tapering screw and thumb-nut" (lines 49-53).
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Warren, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Dropper (open access)

Corn or Cotton Dropper

Patent for corn or cotton dropper in which improvements are made on general efficiency, "simplicity, expensiveness, [and] durability" (lines 12-13).
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Brown, William Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 175, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 25, 1888 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 175, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 25, 1888

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 22, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 25, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 22, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 25, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Leonard, J. T. & Sullivan, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 242, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 25, 1888 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 242, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 25, 1888

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Compressing Pump for Ice Machines. (open access)

Gas Compressing Pump for Ice Machines.

Patent for a new and improved pump for refrigerators. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the cylinder, having inlet at or near its lower end, a downward-closing valve at its upper end, an open-ended piston having internal ribs or projections, annular valve-seat around its upper open end, and a centrally-apertured bottom plate, of the valve having vertical movement within the piston and closing upwardly against the valve-seat, said valve being formed of the two sections . . . having hemispherical recesses and the lower section having an aperture, communicating therewith" (lines 30-42).
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Farnsworth, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate for Railway Tracks. (open access)

Gate for Railway Tracks.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a shaft crossing a railway-track and provided with weighted depending ends, with rollers connected eccentrically to said ends, a gate connected to said shaft, and lever and bar apparatus for operating said weighted ends from the vicinity of the rails" (lines 41-47).
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Jacobs, William Ramsey & Houston, Samuel Callahan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Poison Distributor (open access)

Insect-Poison Distributor

Patent for "new and useful improvements in devices for sprinkling potato-vines and the like with powder - such as paris-green" (lines 15-18).
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Heaton, Lorenzo D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. EIGHTH YEAR, No. 305, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 25, 1888 (open access)

El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. EIGHTH YEAR, No. 305, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 25, 1888

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter (open access)

Seed-Planter

Patent for a seed planter so that the distances between seeds can be changed from equidistant to a continuous row and vice versa and so that it can be adapted to sew both seeds and grains.
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Leamon, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 268, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1888 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 268, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1888

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 25, 1888
Creator: Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 145, Ed. 1, Sunday, November 25, 1888 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 145, Ed. 1, Sunday, November 25, 1888

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 25, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 311, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 311, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 25, 1888
Creator: Leonard, J. T. & Sullivan, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 212, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1888 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 212, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1888

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 25, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. EIGHTH YEAR, No. 281, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1888 (open access)

El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. EIGHTH YEAR, No. 281, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1888

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 25, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1888 (open access)

The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 25, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 25, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888 (open access)

Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 25, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Beeville Bee (Beeville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888 (open access)

The Beeville Bee (Beeville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Beeville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 25, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 241, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 241, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 25, 1888
Creator: Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Canadian Crescent. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888 (open access)

The Canadian Crescent. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 25, 1888
Creator: Miller, Freeman E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Daily Courier (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 189, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888 (open access)

Corsicana Daily Courier (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 189, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1888

Daily newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: October 25, 1888
Creator: Paget, O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1883: Whitfield, Geo. W. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1883: Whitfield, Geo. W. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Whitfield, Geo. W. (died August 12, 1894) and J.A. Whitfield (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1888-10-25/1913-10-09
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History