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El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. NINTH YEAR, No. 30, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889 (open access)

El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. NINTH YEAR, No. 30, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Starter (open access)

Car-Starter

Patent for "a new and improved car-starter adapted for all kinds of cars and vehicles, being specially of great value on grades" (lines 8-11).
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Akers, William P. & Lindsey, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 179, Ed. 1, Tuesday, February 5, 1889 (open access)

Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 179, Ed. 1, Tuesday, February 5, 1889

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 284, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 284, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889 (open access)

The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Linden, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Erwin, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 217, Ed. 1, Tuesday, February 5, 1889 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 217, Ed. 1, Tuesday, February 5, 1889

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 73, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 73, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 2055, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 2055, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrostatic Indicator for Weighing Scales. (open access)

Hydrostatic Indicator for Weighing Scales.

Patent for a new and improved hydrostatic indicator for scales. This design consists in "a reservoir, an outer cylinder, a hollow inner cylinder, an attached stand-pipe, and registering-dial, said inner cylinder being surrounded by and sliding within said outer cylinder, said outer cylinder being provided with an attached inlet-pipe communicating with said reservoir, said pipe being provided with two valves, in combination with a bearing-bar, side rods, and under bar, forming a frame bearing upon the inner cylinder" (lines 55-65).
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Lewis, Henry A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press. (open access)

Hay Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling-press. This design is "compris[ed of] the parallel beams, the standards erected on said beams near the centers thereof, the transverse bars connecting the standards in pairs, the longitudinal bearing-bar secured to and between the said transverse bars, the king-bolt journaled in said bearing-bars, the sweep secured to the upper end of the king-bolt, the drive-wheel secured to the lower end of the king-bolt and having a single depending crank-pin, the press-boxes at the ends of the beams, the plungers in said press-boxes, and the pitmen" (lines 86-98).
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Mayes, Thomas T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press (open access)

Hay-Press

Patent for a hay press "so that two bales will be formed in the press. . .thereby saving time and labor, and also to simply the construction of the parts without the sacrifice of power, strength, and durability" (lines 15-20).
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Champion, William Smith
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the oscillating hopper having the opening in its lower side, the slides on the bottom of the hopper, having the slots, the set-screws engaging said slots and securing the slides in place, the seed-slide guided between the opposing edges of the slides, and the operating-lever pivoted on one of the screws and engaging the seed-slide" (lines 62-70).
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Ballard, Johnathan J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor. (open access)

Motor.

Patent for a new and improved motor. This design consists "[i]n a fan motor, the V-shaped frame, the shafts journaled in the upper corners thereof, the ratchet-wheels and spur-wheels secured to said shafts, the spring-actuated pawls pivoted to the frame and engaging the ratchet-wheels, sleeves loose on shafts, and having the spur-wheels fast to said sleeves, the volute springs with their inner ends fast to shafts and their outer ends fast to wheels, the winding-shafts having the pinions engaging wheels, the shaft between [the other] shafts having the pinion, engaging wheels" (lines 19-30).
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Heinsohn, Ernst Theodor & Hoffmann, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History