Child's Crib. (open access)

Child's Crib.

Patent for a new and improved child's crib. This design utilizes "a rock-shaft with inward-projecting arms, from the inner ends of which the cords are suspended, [and it] avoid[s] the friction and wear of the cords incident to the carrying of these through the screw-eyes, as shown in [a previous patent], making them last much longer, beside simplifying the construction of the crib" (lines 67-74).
Date: March 15, 1881
Creator: Brown, Fred Harvey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster. (open access)

Coffee Roaster.

Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design calls for "a revolving cylinder; and the invention consists of a cylinder provided with a hollow trunnion, and of a semi-tubular tester introduced through said trunnion into the cylinder, which tester serves as a handle for revolving the cylinder, and can be withdrawn from time to time with samples of coffee to enable the operator to judge of the progress of the roasting process" (lines 11-19).
Date: February 15, 1881
Creator: Owens, Harrison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1881 (open access)

Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 60, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 15, 1881 (open access)

Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 60, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 15, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 84, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 15, 1881 (open access)

Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 84, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 15, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 111, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1881 (open access)

Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 111, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 137, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 15, 1881 (open access)

Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 137, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 15, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 163, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 15, 1881 (open access)

Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 163, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 15, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Democrat and Advance. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 311, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1881 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Democrat and Advance. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 311, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 189, Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1881 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 189, Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 233, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1881 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 233, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 259, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 15, 1881 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 259, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 15, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 285, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 15, 1881 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 285, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 15, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, December 15 1881] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, December 15 1881]

Hood County tax receipt for Milton Parks for the year of 1881 in the amount of nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. The document is dated December 15, 1881.
Date: December 15, 1881
Creator: Stribling, J.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History