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The Evening Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 164, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882 (open access)

The Evening Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 164, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 41, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 41, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 182, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 182, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 113, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 113, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Norton's Daily Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 78, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882 (open access)

Norton's Daily Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 78, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Norton, A. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 211, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 211, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder. (open access)

Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder.

Patent for a new and improved combined whip socket and rein holder. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the pivoted whip-socket, its serrated eccentric face and bearing-plate, and a spring connected to the socket and bearing-plate, whereby the eccentric face is brought to bear automatically" (lines 20-25).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Bellah, William Newton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baggage Check and Clasp. (open access)

Baggage Check and Clasp.

Patent for a new and improved baggage check and clasp. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of a check, a direction-plate, and a clasp for securing said parts to an article of baggage" (lines 18-21).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: McLeary, James Harvey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder (open access)

Sash-Holder

Patent for an improved window-sash lock.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Carson, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Power. (open access)

Horse Power.

Patent for a new and improved "horse power" (engine). This design "convert[s] the force expended by the horse—in pushing as well as in pulling—into power by the use of a solid shaft turned by the revolving platform and working inside of a sleeve-shaft, which is turned by the lever. . . . by means of which all the force expended by the horse is utilized" (lines 11-18).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Tumey, Charles Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plaiting Machine. (open access)

Plaiting Machine.

Patent for a new and improved plaiting machine. This design "is to make the plaits with less labor and in less time than could be done by the plaiting-machines heretofore known or used" (lines 9-11).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Shane, Oscar G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 194, Ed. 1, Tuesday, August 1, 1882 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 194, Ed. 1, Tuesday, August 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History