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Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for an improvement in churn by using a combination of a sliding bar, a cord secured to the dasher-shaft, and vertical rods to create a mechanical movement that would wind and unwind the cord in order to operate the churn. Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Crouch, Riley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 104, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 104, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 2694, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 2694, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 307, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 307, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a gate that is "a structure hanging and sliding by means of rollers on an inclined cross-bar, and so connected by ropes and pulleys to stationary posts that a person approaching it on horseback or in a vehicle may easily open the gate (without dismounting) by pulling the rope, and on releasing the rope the gate will close automatically" (lines 12-19); illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Smith, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma City Daily Times. (Oklahoma City, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 198, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891 (open access)

Oklahoma City Daily Times. (Oklahoma City, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 198, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory published "in the interest of the Oklahoma Settlers." Includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Sawyer, Hamlin W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 52, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891 (open access)

El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 52, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for an improvement in plows by “employing a combined brace for the mold-board and a locking device for the share” (lines 46-48), including illustration.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Hyer, Robert Stewart
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for an improvement in plows by using a series of spring-tines that are secured above the mold-board, when in operation these independently-moving tines “serve to jar and break the clods, thus not only pulverizing the clods to a certain degree but also insuring the freeing of the tines of all dirt” (lines 90-93), including illustration.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Ball, Alfred Fine
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Brake. (open access)

Vehicle-Brake.

Patent for an improvement in automatic vehicle-brakes by using sliding rods that are movable within staples or guides and a brake-bar indirectly attached to the rear axle by means of a coiled spring. When the brake bar moves forward, it forces the break-shoes from contacting the wheels. When the brake bar moves backward, it forces the brake-shoes into contact with the wheels, thus stopping the vehicle. Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Gregory, Joseph Pinkney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History