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Austin Wochenblatt. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 10, 1880 (open access)

Austin Wochenblatt. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 10, 1880

Weekly German-language newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 10, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sonntagsblatt Der Texas Post. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 35, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 10, 1880 (open access)

Sonntagsblatt Der Texas Post. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 35, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 10, 1880

Weekly German-language newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 10, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin Wochenblatt. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 10, 1880 (open access)

Austin Wochenblatt. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 10, 1880

Weekly German-language newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 10, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin Wochenblatt. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 10, 1880 (open access)

Austin Wochenblatt. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 10, 1880

Weekly German-language newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 10, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 10, 1880 (open access)

The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 10, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 1880
Creator: Boudinot, Elias C., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Uterine-Supporter. (open access)

Uterine-Supporter.

Patent for a new and improved pessary, or uterine supporter. This design "provides an easy and flexible support . . . and one that will adapt itself to the flexions of the body . . . and one that can be readily removed" (lines 36-40).
Date: February 10, 1880
Creator: Long, Cornelius Pruett
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed Water Heater. (open access)

Feed Water Heater.

Patent for a new and improved feed water heater. This design "provide[s] a system of levers and a float which will automatically regulate the feed or supply of water to such heaters and lime-extractors . . . and further, that by securing a uniform supply of water the steam acts more equally upon the water, and thus secures a more uniform deposit of the lime" (lines 22-33). This allows for fewer accidents and less damage to the engine.
Date: August 10, 1880
Creator: Annear, John Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recording Ballot-Box. (open access)

Recording Ballot-Box.

Patent for a recording ballot box to "indicate accurately and instantly the result of an election" (line 10-12).
Date: February 10, 1880
Creator: Buck, James G. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for washing-machines that "employ a circular corrugated or fluted bed with a conical roller revolving about a central post" (lines 12-14).
Date: February 10, 1880
Creator: Austin, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Power. (open access)

Churn Power.

Patent for a new and improved motorized butter churn. This design utilizes paralleled uprights, shafts, through-holes, screw-holes, a crank, pit-men, and a cross-head (lines 85-92). This combination and arrangement of parts allows rotary motion to be converted to reciprocal motion, which improves the churning process.
Date: August 10, 1880
Creator: Brace, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History