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Bale Tie. (open access)

Bale Tie.

Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a buckle or tie consisting of a base-plate having one or more projections or hooks on its face, to one of which is permanently secured one end of the wire or band, while the other end is passed around the bale and secured to the opposite hook or projection" (lines 21-27).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Tippit, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers. (open access)

Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers.

Patent for a new and improved feeder and band cutter for thrashers. This design consists "[i]n a band-cutter for a thrasher, the combination with the main frame, main shaft, platforms, and mechanism adapted and arranged to cut the bands, of the crank, rod, oscillating shaft provided with the crank arms . . . reciprocating rod, and depending rod" (lines 38-44).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Cook, Emmanuel Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 77, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 77, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bustle. (open access)

Bustle.

Patent for a new and improved bustle. This design "consist[s] of a single piece of wire bent in spiral form, said bustle being larger in diameter at its center than at its ends, and eyes or loops formed in said ends, in combination with a spiral spring located within said bustle, the ends of said spring being formed with eyes or loops, and cords or tapes secured to the eyes of the bustle and spring" (lines 52-59).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Davis, Charles Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Power. (open access)

Churn Power.

Patent for a new and improved churn power. This design "relates to improvements in churn powers; and it consists of a plunger-shaft so connected to a wheel by means of a loose rod as to alternately raise or lower said shaft as the wheel rotates. The object of the invention is to accomplish the up-and-down motion and consequent agitation without the usual amount of labor" (lines 9-16).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Patton, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 190, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885 (open access)

The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 190, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 136, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 136, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 259, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 31, 1885 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 259, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 866, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 866, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 341, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 341, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jetty (open access)

Jetty

Patent for new and useful Improvement in Jetties in which wood-work shall be protected agains teredo.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Hayatt, Frank A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jetty (open access)

Jetty

Patent for new and useful Improvement in Jetties in which wood-work shall be protected agains teredo.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Hayatt, Frank A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Head-Light (open access)

Locomotive Head-Light

Patent for improvements to locomotive headlights granted to John Robert McCormick in order to make the headlights movable by levers or gears.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: McCormick, John Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Post for Wire Fences. (open access)

Metallic Post for Wire Fences.

Patent for a new and improved post for wire fences. This design "is to produce a metallic fence-post which can be quickly and easily placed in position, and which, when in position, shall have a biting or clamping action on the wires, and thus hold them from slipping" (lines 13-18).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Cox, Thomas Jefferson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Norton's Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 274, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885 (open access)

Norton's Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 274, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Norton, A. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 296, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885 (open access)

El Paso Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 296, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 75, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 31, 1885 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 75, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge (open access)

Suspension-Bridge

Patent for new construction of truss-bridges, and the purpose thereof is to provide a strong and durable structure
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Wilson, Solon Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 129, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 31, 1885 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 129, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 189, Ed. 1 Monday, March 30, 1885 (open access)

The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 189, Ed. 1 Monday, March 30, 1885

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 30, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 135, Ed. 1 Monday, March 30, 1885 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 135, Ed. 1 Monday, March 30, 1885

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 30, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 258, Ed. 1, Monday, March 30, 1885 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 258, Ed. 1, Monday, March 30, 1885

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 30, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 865, Ed. 1 Monday, March 30, 1885 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 865, Ed. 1 Monday, March 30, 1885

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 30, 1885
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 340, Ed. 1 Monday, March 30, 1885 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 340, Ed. 1 Monday, March 30, 1885

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 30, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History