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Improvement in Sulky Plows (open access)

Improvement in Sulky Plows

Patent for the improvement of sully plows by regulating the depth of furrow.
Date: April 5, 1870
Creator: Boyd, John G. & Bailey, Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers. (open access)

Improvement in Horse-Powers.

Patent for a horse-power with a master-wheel, communicating, through a pinion, crank, and pitman.
Date: April 18, 1876
Creator: Andrews, Henry K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding Saddle. (open access)

Riding Saddle.

Patent for a new and improved saddle. This design "relates especially to devices intended for use in coupling or connecting girths to saddles in stock countries or elsewhere where it is desirable to quickly adjust the saddle onto a horse . . . in drawing [a] strap to tighten the girth the inner portion, by reason of the friction of the parts passing through the rings, becomes rolled or creased up and straightened out, and loosens the girth in a short time . . . [the] invention seeks to overcome [these] objections" (lines 12-36).
Date: April 27, 1886
Creator: Newman, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 115, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 2, 1887 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 115, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 2, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 2, 1887
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 116, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 9, 1887 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 116, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 9, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 9, 1887
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 117, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 16, 1887 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 117, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 16, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 16, 1887
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 118, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 23, 1887 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 118, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 23, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 1887
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener. (open access)

Wire Tightener.

Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design consists in "the combination of the disks or sections connected by the central bar, the oppositely-pointing lever-arms, the transverse pin fitting into corresponding openings in the disks or sections on one side of the central bar, the locking-pin adapted to fit into any two corresponding openings of the concentric series of openings made in the disks, and a rope or similar device connecting the wire to be stretched with the disks and their connections" (lines 93-103).
Date: April 26, 1887
Creator: Boyd, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 165, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 7, 1888 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 165, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 7, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 7, 1888
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 165, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 14, 1888 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 165, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 14, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 14, 1888
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 167, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 21, 1888 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 167, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 21, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 21, 1888
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 168, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 28, 1888 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 168, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 28, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 28, 1888
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. [217], Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1889 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. [217], Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 1889
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 218, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1889 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 218, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 13, 1889
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 219, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 20, 1889 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 219, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 20, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 20, 1889
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 220, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1889 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 220, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 27, 1889
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 316, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 4, 1891 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 316, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 4, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 4, 1891
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 317, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 11, 1891 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 317, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 11, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 11, 1891
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Top. (open access)

Wagon-Top.

Patent for improvements in wagon-bodies by providing "a simple and effective means for tightening the canvas covering over the bows of wagon or other vehicle-bodies” (lines 17-19), includes illustration.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: James, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 318, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 18, 1891 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 318, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 18, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 18, 1891
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for improvements in washing-machines known as “roller and bed and it consists of a rubber-bed adapted to operate in conjunction with a rotatory rubber…….the bed being regulated by tightening screw-nuts upon the hooks which connect the springs with the end walls of said casing.” (Lines 13-22) Illustration is included.
Date: April 21, 1891
Creator: Wood, Commodore R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 319, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 25, 1891 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 319, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 25, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 25, 1891
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 367, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 2, 1892 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 367, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 2, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 2, 1892
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 368, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 9, 1892 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 368, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 9, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 9, 1892
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History