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Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 219, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1881 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 219, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1881

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 248, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1881 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 248, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1881

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate. (open access)

Farm Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists "[i]n a swinging gate pivoted at its lower inner end and suspended by a diagonal wire, upon which it swings in being opened and closed, the adjustable bar provided with a depending loop or staple for the suspending-wire, the point of suspension by said loop, being between the latch end of the gate and a vertical line drawn through its pivot-pin" (lines 51-58).
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Miller, Wilson B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate. (open access)

Farm Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "is mounted upon a hinge-rod, which is adapted for adjustment at its upper end within a rack fixed to the top of the hinge-post and provided with a pivoted keeper for said hinge-rod, the object being to set the upper end of the hinge-rod away from the latch-post as may be required to raise the free end of the gate to take up the sag, to support the gate a sufficient height above the ground to swing free of snow, and to allow of the passage of small stock when the gate is closed" (lines 12-22).
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Miller, Wilson B. & Bell, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 231, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1881 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 231, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3579, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1881 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3579, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1881

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 149, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1881 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 149, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1881

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cleaning, Polishing, and Assorting Nuts. (open access)

Machine for Cleaning, Polishing, and Assorting Nuts.

Patent for a new and improved nut cleaner, polisher, and sorter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the nut-cleaning cylinder having the longitudinal door and transversely-arranged wire cylinders having doors, of the intermediate hopper, arranged lengthwise of the cylinder, as well as under it, and having apertures over the doors of the wire cylinders . . . and a series of sieves, successively increasing in mesh, of a perforated floor, an end plate terminating in [an] eccentric, an elevator, and a delivery spout" (lines 28-34).
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Koerber, Rudolph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulverizing Attachment for Plows (open access)

Pulverizing Attachment for Plows

Patent for improvements in pulverizing attachments for plows used for furrow-slices as they are turned by plows.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Maddux, Tapley, B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder. (open access)

Sash-Holder.

Patent for improved sash-fasteners, which relates to sash-fasteners, the object being to furnish a simple and effective substitute for the ordinary sash weights and locks.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Barb, Gustavas Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History