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Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 161, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 161, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvement of automatic car coupling and uncoupling devices.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Ferguson, George Jones
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top. (open access)

Carriage Top.

Patent for an adjustable carriage top for protection from the weather. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 254, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886 (open access)

The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 254, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Gilbert, C. E. & Foster, L. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fare Box. (open access)

Fare Box.

Patent for a new and improved fare-box. This design consists in a "cylinder provided with a longitudinal slot more than half the diameter of said cylinder in depth, and weighed by means of a rotary weight secured to the shaft which forms the axis, to return said cylinder and keep it to normal position with the mouth of the slot downward, of the inclined parallel plates located, respectively, above and below said cylinder, and means for operating said cylinder composed of segment, arm, and toothed wheel secured to the shaft of said cylinder" (lines 110-122).
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Greer, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
File. (open access)

File.

Patent for a new and improved file. This design "consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a file having its teeth cut to extend half-way across the face from each edge and at an angle to each other, and having a longitudinal groove in the middle of each face" (lines 22-27).
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Custer, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 95, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 2, 1886 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 95, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 2, 1886

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 1364, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 1364, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 190, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 190, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists, "with the gate, [in a] forwardly-inclined lever pivoted at its lower end to the rear gate-posts, and links pivoted to the rear end of the gate and to the lever between its ends, of a pin passed through holes in the links beyond their pivotal points and through a bar fixed to the rear end of the gate" (lines 44-51).
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Bullock, Henry P. & Cayce, Henry P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hub. (open access)

Hub.

Patent for a new and improved hub. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a hub having a seat on its periphery, the adjustable sections fitted on the seat of the hub and adapted to receive the spokes, the threaded studs affixed to the hub, and the adjustable nuts fitted on the studs and bearing against the adjustable sections" (lines 57-62).
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Jones, George W. & Green, Furney F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Effecting Upward Draft in Privies, Commodes, &c. (open access)

Means for Effecting Upward Draft in Privies, Commodes, &c.

Patent for a new and improved ventilation system. This design consists in "an aperture having a size about ten inches by seven inches in area, a ventilating draft-flue having a diameter of about six inches by six and one-half inches and a height of about ten feet, and a receptacle having a diameter of about twenty-two inches, the said relative proportions being followed accordingly as the size of the privy, commode, or closet is increased or decreased" (lines 56-64).
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Bardon, Prosper
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 261, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886 (open access)

El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 261, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 2, 1886

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 326, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 2, 1886 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 326, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 2, 1886

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History