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Cloth-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Patent for a cloth cleaning machine to "furnish bagging-reels, so constructed that the bagging can be conveniently unwound from the roll, measured automatically, and again wound into a roll" (lines 13-17).
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Dodson, Orson W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Patent for for a new cloth-measuring machine design, including illustrations.
Date: August 3, 1880
Creator: Dodson, Orson W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a jointed rod which has its lower end fastened to one of the hooks of the coupling and its upper end fastened to a vertically-moving ring that slides upon the brake-rod, whereby the coupling hook can be raised upward and supported in such a position that it will not couple when the cars run together" (lines 14-20).
Date: October 12, 1880
Creator: Haltom, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Henderson Times.  (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1880 (open access)

Henderson Times. (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with some advertising.
Date: January 15, 1880
Creator: Arnold, T. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Henderson Times.  (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1880 (open access)

Henderson Times. (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with some advertising.
Date: January 22, 1880
Creator: Arnold, T. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History