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Combination Tool. (open access)

Combination Tool.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists of a tool having a staple-holder, a driver, a chisel, a vise attachment, and a detachable driver adapted to be used with the vise to splice the ends of the wire in building wire fences, in which the tool is used for driving staples, cutting the wire, and splicing the wire, the several devices forming a combination-tool disposed for convenient use upon a stock or holder" (lines 9-17).
Date: March 3, 1885
Creator: Archer, Roger Williams
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1885 (open access)

The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1885

Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 5, 1885
Creator: Arnold, R. F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1885 (open access)

The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1885

Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 12, 1885
Creator: Arnold, R. F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Chimney. (open access)

Ventilating Chimney.

Patent for a new and improved ventilating chimney. This design consists in "the combination, with the smoke-flue, of the ventilating-flue, the thimble provided with outwardly-projecting lugs and inwardly-projecting apertured lugs, the plate provided with a central aperture and with a flange having notches, and the screws passed through the plate into the apertured lugs" (lines 16-23).
Date: March 24, 1885
Creator: Atkin, Samuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Cup for Stove Pipes. (open access)

Water Cup for Stove Pipes.

Patent for a new and improved water-cup for stove pipes. This design "relates to water cups or vessels arranged on the outside of stove-pipes, and whereby the heat of the pipe of the stove is made to evaporate the water for the purpose of imparting moisture to the air of the apartment containing the stove and so improving the healthiness and pleasantness of the atmosphere of the room" (lines 8-15).
Date: March 3, 1885
Creator: Atkin, Samuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley - March 4, 1885] (open access)

[Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley - March 4, 1885]

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated March 4, 1885, in which she writes about the health of their children.
Date: March 4, 1885
Creator: Bradley, Minnie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley - March 6, 1885] (open access)

[Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley - March 6, 1885]

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated March 6, 1885, and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about her and their children's health, her garden, and some family business.
Date: March 6, 1885
Creator: Bradley, Minnie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley - March 9, 1885] (open access)

[Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley - March 9, 1885]

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated March 9, 1885, and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about their children's health, a vote in favor of prohibition, and several family members traveling to Mexia.
Date: March 9, 1885
Creator: Bradley, Minnie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 1885 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 1885

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: March 11, 1885
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 18, 1885 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 18, 1885

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: March 18, 1885
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 25, 1885 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 25, 1885

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: March 25, 1885
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 7, 1885 (open access)

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 7, 1885

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 7, 1885
Creator: Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 14, 1885 (open access)

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 14, 1885

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 14, 1885
Creator: Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 21, 1885 (open access)

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 21, 1885

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 21, 1885
Creator: Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 28, 1885 (open access)

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 28, 1885

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 28, 1885
Creator: Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers. (open access)

Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers.

Patent for a new and improved feeder and band cutter for thrashers. This design consists "[i]n a band-cutter for a thrasher, the combination with the main frame, main shaft, platforms, and mechanism adapted and arranged to cut the bands, of the crank, rod, oscillating shaft provided with the crank arms . . . reciprocating rod, and depending rod" (lines 38-44).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Cook, Emmanuel Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Post for Wire Fences. (open access)

Metallic Post for Wire Fences.

Patent for a new and improved post for wire fences. This design "is to produce a metallic fence-post which can be quickly and easily placed in position, and which, when in position, shall have a biting or clamping action on the wires, and thus hold them from slipping" (lines 13-18).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Cox, Thomas Jefferson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 901: Wright, Martha A. (-) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 901: Wright, Martha A. (-)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Wright, Martha A. (-) and Jesse Wright (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1885-03-16/1886-02-23
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1111: Green, Wade H. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1111: Green, Wade H. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Green, Wade H. (died March 15, 1885) and W.R. Green (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1885-03-15/1887-09-28
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1757: Batchelor, Mollie (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1757: Batchelor, Mollie (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Batchelor, Mollie (died March 7, 1885) and E.R. Proper (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1885-03-07/1885-06-09
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 2022: Dupre, D. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 2022: Dupre, D. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Dupre, D. (died November 28, 1898) and R.B. & A.F. Dupre (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1885-03-10/1900-08-20
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bustle. (open access)

Bustle.

Patent for a new and improved bustle. This design "consist[s] of a single piece of wire bent in spiral form, said bustle being larger in diameter at its center than at its ends, and eyes or loops formed in said ends, in combination with a spiral spring located within said bustle, the ends of said spring being formed with eyes or loops, and cords or tapes secured to the eyes of the bustle and spring" (lines 52-59).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Davis, Charles Robert
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 a gate, one of the rails whereof is about thrice as thick as the remainder of said rails, and is provided with a central groove along its upper face, of three supporting-posts, each having a recess furnished with a roller in its lower part, upon which the aforesaid rail may travel, a tongue projecting from the upper edge of said recess into the groove of said rail, and an upright attached to the central post, so as to form a guide retaining the gate in an erect position" (lines 47-57).
Date: March 17, 1885
Creator: Davis, Richard I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Standard (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1885 (open access)

The Standard (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1885

Weekly newspaper from Clarksville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: March 6, 1885
Creator: DeMorse, Charles
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History