155 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 197, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 16, 1889 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 197, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 16, 1889

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 16, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 340, Ed. 1, Monday, September 16, 1889 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 340, Ed. 1, Monday, September 16, 1889

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 16, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 228, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 16, 1889 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 228, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 16, 1889

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 16, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 278, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 16, 1889 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 278, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 16, 1889

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 16, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 309, Ed. 1, Friday, August 16, 1889 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 309, Ed. 1, Friday, August 16, 1889

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 16, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 42, Ed. 1, Friday, August 16, 1889 (open access)

The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 42, Ed. 1, Friday, August 16, 1889

Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 16, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 162, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 16, 1889 (open access)

Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 162, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 16, 1889

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 16, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 212, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 16, 1889 (open access)

Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 212, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 16, 1889

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 16, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 362, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 16, 1889 (open access)

Waco Daily News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 362, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 16, 1889

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 16, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air and Steam Apparatus for Sinking Wells (open access)

Compressed-Air and Steam Apparatus for Sinking Wells

Patent for "a simple and inexpensive apparatus for drilling the rock and earth until sufficient loose material has accumulated in the shaft, and then remove such material by the pressure of an aeriform fluid - such as steam or compressed air" (lines 23-29).
Date: July 16, 1889
Creator: Goodrich, Hervey K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool. (open access)

Combination Tool.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design consists in "the combination of the two overlapping fulcrumed or pivoted levers having handles and forward ends of flattened crescent shape bent in reverse directions to cause their extreme reduced ends to abut to form nippers, and provided with beveled shoulders at the bases of their inner edges to form cutters and with serrated projections in rear of the pivot or fulcrum, and an angular arm movably attached to said pivot or fulcrum, carrying a receptacle adapted to be adjusted under the nippers for the reception of staples" (lines 29-42).
Date: July 16, 1889
Creator: Carter, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the combination of the draw-heads provided with forwardly-projecting portions having curved faces and notches in the rear thereof, bails pivoted centrally on vertical pins passing through the center of the draw-heads, springs exerting a rearward pressure on the rear ends of the bails, and chains secured to the forward ends of the bails to move them in opposition to the pressure of their springs" (lines 78-87).
Date: July 16, 1889
Creator: Neal, Adam S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Truck (open access)

Brick-Truck

Patent for improvements in trucks for carrying bricks.
Date: April 16, 1889
Creator: Weekes, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricant (open access)

Lubricant

Patent for "a new and useful composition of matter to be used for the prevention of heat caused from friction and attrition in the use and operation of all kinds of machinery, including railroad engines and cars, and all parts thereof" (lines 5-9).
Date: July 16, 1889
Creator: Corder, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Drilling Wells. (open access)

Tool for Drilling Wells.

Patent for improvement in "tools for drilling or boring Artesian, oil, and other deep wells; and it has for its object to prevent the loss of the drill or auger or of any portion of the drill-rods" (lines 9-13) via an "improved means for connecting the tool to the lower end of the drill-rod" (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date: July 16, 1889
Creator: McLane, Hiram H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot for Sand Levers. (open access)

Foot for Sand Levers.

Patent for a new and improved foot for sand levers. This design consists in "the combination of the semi-cylindrical bearing having an aperture formed in its center, a cylindrical body working in the said bearing and having a square intermediate portion adapted to fit in the same aperture, upward-extending wings made integral with the body and forming a socket, and a lever fitting in the said socket" (lines 29-37).
Date: April 16, 1889
Creator: Vezie, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jetty. (open access)

Jetty.

Patent for a new and improved jetty. This design "is to provide structures . . . for protecting shores, and other similar work. . . . [The] invention consists, mainly, in the utilization of a central or interior core of clay, or clayey substance, about which is formed a retaining envelope in connection with suitable substructures, coping, walls, and tracks" (lines 15-27).
Date: April 16, 1889
Creator: Douglas, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Canadian Crescent. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1889 (open access)

The Canadian Crescent. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 16, 1889
Creator: Miller, Freeman E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Canadian Free Press. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1889 (open access)

The Canadian Free Press. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 16, 1889
Creator: Decker, W. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canadian Free Press. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 1889 (open access)

Canadian Free Press. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 16, 1889
Creator: Harm, L. V.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1889 (open access)

The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 16, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1889 (open access)

The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1889

Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 16, 1889
Creator: Democrat Publishing Company
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 36, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 16, 1889 (open access)

The Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 36, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 16, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: May 16, 1889
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Charlie Gross to Charles B. Moore, August 16, 1889] (open access)

[Letter from Charlie Gross to Charles B. Moore, August 16, 1889]

This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Charlie Gross and is addressed to Charles B. Moore. In this letter, Gross updates the Moore family on the happenings in Collin County and the news includes: a dialogue about not getting the grass burnt and not having trouble with the stock pumping into the garden, a discussion about Bryney was has been cut deep and may pass, an update on the peach crop, news about community meetings and picnics, details about Clarence's lemonade stand, a dialogue about attending the show in town, updates about the turnips and plans to sow the rest of the patch as soon as it is dry, a weather update, a message to Mrs. Moore about the hens, a message to Linnet about seeing Lora in town and details that Gross will write Linnet soon. He closes the letter by stating that he has told the Moore family all he can. The envelope is included with the letter.
Date: August 16, 1889
Creator: Gross, Charlie
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library