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Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 348, Ed. 1, Tuesday, September 24, 1889 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 348, Ed. 1, Tuesday, September 24, 1889

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press. (open access)

Baling Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists "of the base-plate, the casing made in two trough-shaped sections . . . one of which is hinged to the base-plate the bifurcated uprights, the operating-levers on each side hinged to the uprights, the compressing-beam extending across the baling-chamber and through the uprights, and connections between the compressing-beam and the levers" (lines 92-100).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Hillman, William & Ripple, Joseph F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Stamping Envelopes (open access)

Apparatus for Stamping Envelopes

Patent for "a means whereby with one motion a stamp will be supplied from the'apparatus, moistened, and placed in position upon a letter, wrapper, or parcel adapted to receive it, and wherein a number of stamps may be consecutively placed when and as desired" (lines 10-15).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Helland, Hans & Matzow, Frantz
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge (open access)

Suspension-Bridge

Patent for a more easily constructible "bridge the pillar or roadway of which is adjustable to different heights, and to meet certain contingencies and while adjustable as a whole is also adjustable at any point whatsoever, whereby the roadway may be maintained level regardless of the yielding of certain portions of the structure" (lines 11-17).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Greer, William Henry Clay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Making Implement. (open access)

Fence Making Implement.

Patent for a new and improved fence-making tool. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the hooks, the bars between the same, the plate connecting the ends of the hooks and provided with the claw, the lever pivoted between the hooks and having the offset and carrying a supplemental lever, and a lever having one end adapted to be inserted between the hooks, and provided on one edge with a stud" (lines 84-92).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Fisher, Conrad H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flour Bin and Sifter. (open access)

Flour Bin and Sifter.

Patent for a new and improved flour bin and sifter. This design consists in "[a] bin having sleeves secured thereto at opposite sides and removable screening and sifting mechanism provided with similar sleeves, and two-prong pins engaging said sleeves for connecting the sifting and screening mechanism to the bin, the said pins being arranged with their heads in opposite directions" (lines 20-27).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: McClellan, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopping, Planting, and Cultivating Machine (open access)

Cotton Chopping, Planting, and Cultivating Machine

Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive, durable, and easily operated" (lines 11-14).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Piland, David Winfield
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check (open access)

Door-Check

Patent for "improved door-check for retaining the door in any desired open position. . . of very simple construction controlled by connection with the knob of the door" (lines 8-13).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Scarborough, William Daily
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma City Daily Times. (Oklahoma City, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889 (open access)

Oklahoma City Daily Times. (Oklahoma City, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 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 24, 1889
Creator: Sawyer, Hamlin W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. NINTH YEAR, No. 218, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889 (open access)

El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. NINTH YEAR, No. 218, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 151, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 151, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 227, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 227, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 253, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 253, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Leonard, J. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 2251, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 2251, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 278, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 278, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Elliott, Sercey & Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 208, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 208, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 24, 1889

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History