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Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 1892 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 3, 1892
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 10, 1892 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 10, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 10, 1892
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1892 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 17, 1892
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 24, 1892 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 24, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 24, 1892
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 31, 1892 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 31, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 31, 1892
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 2, 1893 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 2, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 2, 1893
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 9, 1893 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 9, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 9, 1893
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Adams, William Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede. (open access)

Velocipede.

Patent for a new and improved velocipede. This design "has relation to that class of velocipedes in which the rider is suspended within a large wheel impelled by a frictional contact between the inner periphery of the same and the driving wheel" (lines 8-12). With this design, "by the increased size of wheel, not only is speed gained, but the same may be propelled with greater ease over rough or smooth roads and with greater comfort to the rider, in that the jolt is less, and yet at the same time all the benefits arising from this class of exercise are obtained" (lines 27-34).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: Akers, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Book-Holder for Reading-Stands. (open access)

Book-Holder for Reading-Stands.

Patent for "a book holder especially designed to receive large books for reference, such as a dictionary for example, and to so construct the mechanism of the holder that a cradle will be provided for the reception of the book, which cradle will be adapted to be carried upward and outward from the holder in a manner which will bring the book in proper position for consultation, and which mechanism will also act to lower the book, without jar or injury to it, within the holder when the book is no longer required." (Lines 14-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1894
Creator: Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reading-Stand. (open access)

Reading-Stand.

Patent for a simple, durable, and economic reading stand that has two desks, one of which is adjustable so that a person can read while sitting at any angle. The second desk is capable of holding heavy books. Both stands are vertically adjustable. The stand can be constructed to hold a lamp in addition to books.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap. (open access)

Animal Trap.

Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design consists in "the combination of the base-board having the opposite recesses and the transverse shaft, the yoke having the spring-coils mounted on the projecting ends of the shaft in said recesses, the standard having the holding-rod, the trigger, and the guards or prongs secured in the base-board" (lines 20-26).
Date: August 19, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Henry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate for Shipping Bananas. (open access)

Crate for Shipping Bananas.

Patent for a crate for shipping bananas that does not hurt the fruit during shipping. The crate separates the bunches so the bananas do not get crushed, and the crate is ventilated to prevent decay.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Andrews, Otis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Concho County

Map of Concho County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The center of Concho County and the German Emigration Company's Surveys are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1895
Creator: Appell, P. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Refugio County, Texas

Cadastral map of Refugio County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes and features are marked in color. The town of Bayside is penciled in on the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1896
Creator: Appell, P. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Vent. (open access)

Pipe-Vent.

Patent for a certain new and useful pipe vent, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1899
Creator: Austin, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1899 (open access)

The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Refugio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 11, 1899
Creator: Autry, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1899 (open access)

The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Refugio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1899
Creator: Autry, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Gate. (open access)

Automatic Railway-Gate.

Patent for an automatic railway-gate or cattle-guard for use "at crossings, the entrances to tunnels, bridges or trestles, or at other places where it is desirable to guard the tracks" (lines 11-13). The invention is a simple and effective way for closing gates, can be operated from a distance, and is controlled by the wheels of passing trains.
Date: August 14, 1894
Creator: Baade, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Steam Condenser. (open access)

Exhaust-Steam Condenser.

Patent for an exhaust-steam condenser meant for steam-engines in places where water needs to be conserved. It also "prevents the use of water for cooling the surfaces of the condenser" (lines 14-16).
Date: August 20, 1895
Creator: Bachman, Joseph A. & Goeth, Adolf C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Fe Catolica. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 7, 1897 (open access)

La Fe Catolica. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 7, 1897

Weekly Spanish-language Catholic newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the local Catholic community along with advertising.
Date: August 7, 1897
Creator: Backmann, Carlos
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Fe Catolica. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 14, 1897 (open access)

La Fe Catolica. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 14, 1897

Weekly Spanish-language Catholic newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the local Catholic community along with advertising.
Date: August 14, 1897
Creator: Backmann, Carlos
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Fe Catolica. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 21, 1897 (open access)

La Fe Catolica. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 21, 1897

Weekly Spanish-language Catholic newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the local Catholic community along with advertising.
Date: August 21, 1897
Creator: Backmann, Carlos
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Fe Catolica. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 28, 1897 (open access)

La Fe Catolica. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 28, 1897

Weekly Spanish-language Catholic newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the local Catholic community along with advertising.
Date: August 28, 1897
Creator: Backmann, Carlos
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History