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[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, April 2, 1888]
Letter from Cyrus I. Scofield to Judge David Howell Scott, April 2, 1888. Discusses Mr. La Bach and how long he should be allowed to continue in his pastorate. On Letterhead of the American Home Missionary Society.
Date:
April 2, 1888
Creator:
Scofield, C. I. (Cyrus Ingerson), 1843-1921.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, January 25, 1888]
Letter from Cyrus I. Scofield to Judge David Howell Scott, January 25, 1888. Discusses the Congregational Church in Paris.
Date:
January 25, 1888
Creator:
Scofield, C. I.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm
Patent for "a portable burglar-alarm, which may be secured in position adjacent to a window or door, so that upon the opening of the same the alarm will be tripped and the cartridge detonated" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 18, 1888
Creator:
Mikich, Janko L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. It "is to provide an improved plow stock or frame having an adjustable foot to regulate the inclination or pitch of the plow-point" (p. 2).
Date:
August 7, 1888
Creator:
Whatley, George Washington,
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle top. This design consists in "the combination of the supporting-bows having grooves in their side, the upper ends of the grooves overlapping the curtain-supporting frames, comprising the flexible side-bars provided with lateral tongues fitting in the grooves of the supporting-bows, and the cross-bars secured to the side bars and having their ends fitted in said grooves, and the covering secured to said frame" (lines 82-91).
Date:
April 24, 1888
Creator:
McCurdy, Thomas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design, when "traversing soft and marshy soil[,] the ribs or lugs engage in the surface in the ordinary way; but in passing over hard or stony soil the flange bears on the surface and prevents jarring. The ribs and the flange are flush with each other . . . and this height may be considerably more than that of the ordinary ribs . . . for the reason that the said height does not affect the regularity of motion of the wheel in passing over hard soil. The advantage in tapering the ribs or lugs and the inner side of the flange is to prevent earth from clogging therein" (lines 51-53).
Date:
October 16, 1888
Creator:
Hatch, Jerome B. & Stroud, Wiley N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fare-Box
Patent for new and useful improvements in electrical fare boxes.
Date:
May 15, 1888
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Rest.
Patent for a new and improved hand rest. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standard, the lever supported thereby and provided with a guide wire or rail, and the hand support comprising a roller mounted on said rail, an elastic strap depending from the roller, and a finger-receiver secured to the lower end of the strap" (lines 62-68).
Date:
September 4, 1888
Creator:
Brown, Martin Luther
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the gate composed of the latch-upright, hinge-upright, longitudinal wires and cross-braces, of the spring-depressed latch, pivoted to the brace just in front of the crossing part of the opposite brace, the double-armed lever pivoted through its center to the inner surface of the top of the latch-upright, and the cords connecting said arms to a proper point of the latch" (lines 82-90).
Date:
August 28, 1888
Creator:
England, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dynamo Electric Machine
Patent for Dynamo Electric Machine. "in our improved dynamo-electric machine we combine in the armature the advantages due to iron wire and to separated disks or flat rings, and then binding them together at equal intervals." (lines18-23)
Date:
April 3, 1888
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Automatically Exhibiting Business Cards, &c.
Patent for a new and improved display. This design, "for automatically exhibiting business cards and the like, of a panel having an opening therein, uprights having the retaining guides secured on each side of said opening, the angle-irons secured beneath said opening, a longitudinally-inclined bar having a beveled upper edge provided with a recess for extending across said panel, a sliding frame having a spring secured thereto, a hook on said spring, and means for giving said frame a vibratory or reciprocating movement" (lines 11-22).
Date:
October 16, 1888
Creator:
Keach, George D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Direct-Acting Steam-Engine
Patent for improvements in the construction of direct-acting steam-engines.
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Winn, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines.
Patent for a new and improved current regulator. This design "pertains to that class of regulators in which the collecting brushes of the commutator are automatically moved around the commutator and caused to occupy different positions relatively to the maximum lines of the magnetic field between the poles and the armature; and it embraces a novel method of controlling the movement of the brushes to compensate for variations in the speed of the machine and regulate the current in accordance with the work to be done" (lines 11-21).
Date:
February 14, 1888
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for "novel means for handling lint-cotton, whereby I effect the compression or packing of the cotton in he press-box by mechanical means, instead of sending men into the box to tramp the cotton down as it is thrown or fed in" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Munger, Robert S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 40, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 41, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 9, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 9, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 42, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 16, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 16, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 30, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 43, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 23, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 23, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 6, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 6, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 46, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 13, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 22, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 29, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 6, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 6, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History