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Boot or Shoe Brace. (open access)

Boot or Shoe Brace.

Patent for a new and improved brace for shoes and boots. This design "relates to a brace adapted to be applied to boots and shoes, and is designed as a brace for the counter, heel, and instep; and it has for its object to provide a brace . . . which shall be simple in its construction, one that may be readily and easily applied, and manufactured and supplied at a slight cost" (lines 9-16).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Awalt, Jessee C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 107, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 107, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to a car-coupling constructed with draw-heads having stationary hooks and recesses in their sides, and provided with pivoted hooks held in place by springs, and provided with a trip plate and lever, and with chains and a lever, whereby the cars will couple themselves when run together, can be readily uncoupled, will uncouple themselves when thrown from the track, and can be prevented from coupling when run together" (lines 23-32).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Griffin, James Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a suitable frame having a fly-wheel mounted in bearings thereof, and a wrist-pin on said fly-wheel, of the lever pivoted to the frame at one end" (lines 95-98). Further, it consists in "carrying a pivoted dasher at its other end, said lever having a slot or opening to receive the wrist-pin, a crank-arm, a treadle pivoted to the frame at one end, and carrying a handle at its other end, and a rod connecting the treadle and crank-arm" (lines 1-6).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Rogers, William Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher. (open access)

Churn Dasher.

Patent for a new and improved churn dasher. This design, "[a]s an article of manufacture, [consists in] the conical or concavo-convex churn dasher having a circular rim, the air cups or cells, the arms, and the raised nave or center portion, all of concavo-convex shape in their transverse sections" (lines 28-33).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Hale, James F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 220, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885 (open access)

The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 220, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 171, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 171, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Jointing, Gaging, and Setting Saws. (open access)

Device for Jointing, Gaging, and Setting Saws.

Patent for a new and improved device for jointing, gauging, and setting saws. This design consists "[i]n a saw-jointer and gage . . . the body-plate or block, having laterally extending arms, a groove extending entirely through the said arms, overhanging flanges extending from the said arms, a slot in the bottom of the groove forming an open space between the flanges, and a flat spring secured in the groove, facing the flanges" (lines 28-35).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Cummings, Virgil T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 105, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 105, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Burson, J. W. & Brown, L. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 294, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 5, 1885 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 294, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 5, 1885

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 896, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 896, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Norton's Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 304, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885 (open access)

Norton's Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 304, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Norton, A. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 321, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885 (open access)

El Paso Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 321, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1885

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 105, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 5, 1885 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 105, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 5, 1885

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 153, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 5, 1885 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 153, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 5, 1885

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History