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Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improvement to washing machines that will be "simple and economical in construction and efficient in use" (lines 13-14).
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Austin, John Overton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sinking Hydraulic Piles.
Patent for new and improved sinking hydraulic piles. This design has for its object "the sinking of wooden or other piles in quicksand or ground in which the lateral pressure upon the piles practically prevents their being driven beyond a certain depth. To that end [the design] make[s] use of a jet of water supplied at the entering-point of the pile, and in connection therewith [the design] also use[s] weight applied at the upper end of the pile" (lines 8-16).
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Blake, Lowell Everett.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Our Brother in Red. (Muskogee, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1885
Monthly newspaper from Muskogee, Indian Territory "devoted to the Promotion of the Cause of Education, Temperance, And Religion, in the Indian Territory." (Vol. I, Number 3) Included are social and religious news items, editorials, and literature along with advertising.
Date:
October 1, 1885
Creator:
Brewer, Theodore F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Our Brother in Red. (Muskogee, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 1, 1885
Monthly newspaper from Muskogee, Indian Territory "devoted to the Promotion of the Cause of Education, Temperance, And Religion, in the Indian Territory." (Vol. I, Number 3) Included are social and religious news items, editorials, and literature along with advertising.
Date:
November 1, 1885
Creator:
Brewer, Theodore F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Our Brother in Red. (Muskogee, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 1, 1885
Monthly newspaper from Muskogee, Indian Territory "devoted to the Promotion of the Cause of Education, Temperance, And Religion, in the Indian Territory." (Vol. I, Number 3) Included are social and religious news items, editorials, and literature along with advertising.
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
Brewer, Theodore F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cotton compressor
Patent for cotton compressor using platens, bearings, pulleys, levels, rods and shafts.
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Brown, Maurice T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date:
January 1, 1885
Creator:
Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 1, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date:
April 1, 1885
Creator:
Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 1, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date:
July 1, 1885
Creator:
Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 158, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 1, 1885
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 1, 1885
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 208, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1885
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1885
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 1, 1885
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 73, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 1, 1885
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 101, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1885
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 1, 1885
Creator:
Burson, J. W. & Brown, L. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 132, Ed. 1 Monday, June 1, 1885
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 1, 1885
Creator:
Burson, J. W. & Brown, L. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 1, 1885
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 1, 1885
Creator:
Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for a new and improved motor. This design "relates to improvements in motors in which a screw or spiral operates in conjunction with suitable gearing; and the object of my improvement is to convert a vertically-reciprocating motion into a rotary for driving any light machinery" (lines 15-20).
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Chisholm, Toliver Lynn
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Necktie and Collar Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved tie and collar fastener. This design consists in "[a] fastener for securing the proper relation between the shirt-band, collar, and necktie, consisting of a spring adapted to fit inside the shirt-band and next to the neck, in combination with a hollow stud on the middle of the convex side, having a separable head with spring-catches, and the bent hook-sections, toothed . . . and arranged to separate the shirt-band, collar, and necktie" (lines 66-75).
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
Coffey, Robert Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow, of the landside share attachment, provided with the horizontal blade, sloping outward from the point of the plow, made sharp on the said sloping-edge, and having the flange projecting upward from the horizontal blade, and the bolts for securing the said flange and plow together, and the removable landside attachment" (lines 81-89).
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Cummins, John Randolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1133: Mathis, E.J. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Mathis, E.J. (died May 1, 1885) and Eliza J. Mathis (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-05-01/1888-02-20
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1142: Robinson, (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Robinson, (died January 1, 1885) and Wm. McKenzie (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-01-01/1885-01-26
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1604: Winniford, Lucy (Lunacy)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Winniford, Lucy (Lunacy) and E.L. Winniford (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-10-01/1892-02-06
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1976: McMahon, Miles (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of McMahon, Miles (died February 27, 1893) and Jno. J. McMahon (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1885-10-01/1896-05-28
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 3022: Cameron, Thomas H. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Cameron, Thomas H. (died 1900) and Geo. W. Neely (Executor or Guardian). He was declared insane about three years before he died.
Date:
1885-01-01/1905-12-01
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History