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Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for an improvement to washing machines that will be "simple and economical in construction and efficient in use" (lines 13-14).
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Austin, John Overton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 35, Ed. 1, Friday, January 1, 1886 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 35, Ed. 1, Friday, January 1, 1886

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 1, 1886
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 111, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 1, 1886 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 111, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 1, 1886

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 1, 1886
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 136, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 1, 1886 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 136, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 1, 1886

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 1, 1886
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 162, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 1, 1886 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 162, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 1, 1886

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 1, 1886
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 185, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 1, 1886 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 185, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 1, 1886

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 1, 1886
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 210, Ed. 1, Sunday, August 1, 1886 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 210, Ed. 1, Sunday, August 1, 1886

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 1, 1886
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 240, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 1, 1886 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 240, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 1, 1886

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 1, 1886
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 129, Ed. 1, Friday, April 1, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 129, Ed. 1, Friday, April 1, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 1, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. [154], Ed. 1, Sunday, May 1, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. [154], Ed. 1, Sunday, May 1, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 1, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 181, Ed. 1, Wednesday, June 1, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 181, Ed. 1, Wednesday, June 1, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 1, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 205, Ed. 1, Friday, July 1, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 205, Ed. 1, Friday, July 1, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 1, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 246, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 1, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 246, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 1, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 1, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 272, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 1, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 272, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 1, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 1, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 298, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 1, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 298, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 1, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 1, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder. (open access)

Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder.

Patent for a new and improved combined whip socket and rein holder. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the pivoted whip-socket, its serrated eccentric face and bearing-plate, and a spring connected to the socket and bearing-plate, whereby the eccentric face is brought to bear automatically" (lines 20-25).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Bellah, William Newton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drag Saw. (open access)

Drag Saw.

Patent for a new and improved drag saw. This design "is to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and easily-operated machine for cross-cutting timber for railway-ties and material, or for cord-wood, stove-wood, or other uses" (lines 7-11).
Date: January 1, 1884
Creator: Bennett, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Lock. (open access)

Combination-Lock.

Patent for improvement upon a combination-lock.
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Bergman, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sinking Hydraulic Piles. (open access)

Sinking Hydraulic Piles.

Patent for new and improved sinking hydraulic piles. This design has for its object "the sinking of wooden or other piles in quicksand or ground in which the lateral pressure upon the piles practically prevents their being driven beyond a certain depth. To that end [the design] make[s] use of a jet of water supplied at the entering-point of the pile, and in connection therewith [the design] also use[s] weight applied at the upper end of the pile" (lines 8-16).
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Blake, Lowell Everett.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly News=Boy, Vol. 23, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 1, 1887 (open access)

The Weekly News=Boy, Vol. 23, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 1, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Jasper, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: June 1, 1887
Creator: Blake, R. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Axle. (open access)

Wagon Axle.

Patent for a new and improved axle. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with an axle having a seat at its outer end and a seat located in from said outer end, of the spindle having its shank provided with a threaded inner end, and nuts turned on said inner end on opposite sides of the inner seat, by which the spindle may be adjusted to and held in any desired position" (lines 79-85).
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Blevens, Nathan W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito Bar Frame. (open access)

Mosquito Bar Frame.

Patent for a new and improved frame for mosquito bars. This design calls for wires, bent at right angles, to be attached to a center piece, in which hanging-cords can be stored. This design represents a lighter, more portable alternative to the wooden predecessors.
Date: November 1, 1881
Creator: Bostick, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 1880 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 1880
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1880 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 1880
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History