Baggage Check and Clasp. (open access)

Baggage Check and Clasp.

Patent for a new and improved baggage check and clasp. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of a check, a direction-plate, and a clasp for securing said parts to an article of baggage" (lines 18-21).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: McLeary, James Harvey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Evening Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 164, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882 (open access)

The Evening Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 164, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 41, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 41, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1882

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Power. (open access)

Horse Power.

Patent for a new and improved "horse power" (engine). This design "convert[s] the force expended by the horse—in pushing as well as in pulling—into power by the use of a solid shaft turned by the revolving platform and working inside of a sleeve-shaft, which is turned by the lever. . . . by means of which all the force expended by the horse is utilized" (lines 11-18).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Tumey, Charles Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History