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Burglar-Alarm. (open access)

Burglar-Alarm.

Patent for a burglar-alarms by constructing “an alarm which would adapted and arranged to sound and to be operated at and by the raising of the window or opening of the door, and simultaneous with the sounding of the alarm to produce an illumination.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Canterbury, Crawford R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvements in automatic car-couplers by providing "the means for automatically coupling cars without exposing the operator to the risk and danger of going between the cars when coupling,” (lines 12-15) includes illustration.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Chandler, Richard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvement in automatic car-couplings “in which the coupling-pin (worked by a rope or chain) is guided in a vertical tube extending upward from the draw-head, and is supported in position for coupling by a block sliding with the draw-head,” (lines 9-14) includes illustration.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Angerstein, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Times. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 233, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891 (open access)

Daily Times. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 233, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Sawyer, Hamlin W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 140, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 140, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Harvester. (open access)

Fish-Harvester.

Patent for a fish-harvester by providing “a floating device adapted to be anchored in a stream or other body of water and carrying the mechanism for taking fish from the water and delivering them to a suitable point on the shore, the whole operating either by steam, by wind, or by the current of the water.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Yoakum, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 181, Ed. 1, Tuesday, April 14, 1891 (open access)

Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 181, Ed. 1, Tuesday, April 14, 1891

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 2729, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 2729, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Metallic Railroad-Tie.

Patent for an improvement of metallic railroad ties in which clamp-plates are not needed to hold the longitudinal tension-rods, “instead the heads of the rods bear against the solid outer ends of the rail-seats which are constructed integral with the body of the tie.” (Lines 14-17) Illustration is included.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Saunders, Ellison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 88, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891 (open access)

El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 88, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows by providing “a reversible colter adapted to be applied to any style of plow; such as shovel-plows, half or turning shovels, bull-tongue, or other forms of plows. Also to provide a convenient means of attaching and detaching the plow” (lines 12-17). Illustration is included.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Baker, George Washington
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1891

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: unknown
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