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Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 351, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1890 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 351, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1890

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 18, 1890
Creator: Leonard, J. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 99, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1890 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 99, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1890

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 18, 1890
Creator: Leonard, J. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 75, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 18, 1890 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 75, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 18, 1890

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 18, 1890
Creator: Leonard, J. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bank-Punch (open access)

Bank-Punch

Patent for "a punch for the use of banks, counting-houses, &c., which will cut figures and characters out of the material of la check or other paper, and which will cut in the said paper before and after the figures representing the value of the check a star or other character to prevent the raising of the check by the addition of other figures" (lines 21-28).
Date: March 18, 1890
Creator: Lane, Alvin V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter. (open access)

Corn Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the plate, having extensions and laterally-extending arm or bracket, the hopper mounted upon the extension of the plate, the seed-slide or coiled spring connecting the front end of the latter with the bracket, metal plates secured to the front and rear sides of the rear wall of the hopper above the seed-slide, the brush or cut-off arranged between said plates, and suitable operating mechanism for retracting the seed-slide against the tension of the coiled spring" (lines 6-17).
Date: February 18, 1890
Creator: Cromer, Thomas L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton-Seed Platter (open access)

Corn or Cotton-Seed Platter

Patent for improvements in "a combined plow and interchangeable revolving seed-dropper so constructed as to permit of its being readilyconverted into a corn or cotton-seed planter with the least trouble" (lines 19-23).
Date: February 18, 1890
Creator: Peeler, John Wiliam
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 relates "especially to that class known as 'gravity-pin supports;' and the object thereof is to provide improved means for supporting the pin so that it can be operated from the top of the car, or so that it will drop automatically when two cars come together" (lines 9-14). It consists, "with the coupling-pin and a supporting-arm pivotally connected to the draw-head and to the upper end of said pin, of a weight carried by said arm, and means . . . for supporting said weight and for tripping it" (lines 6-12).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: Epperson, Alexander
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 "is to provide a device for automatically coupling the cars to which it is attached and which can be uncoupled without requiring the brake[person] to go in between the cars, and when uncoupled the coupling will stand uncoupled till thrown back in gear" (lines 13-19). It consists in "the combination of two similar draw-heads, each provided with buffers and a longitudinal slot therein, and a buffer-bridge and two rounded beveled and projecting loops, and a connecting-pin with rounded or ball head . . . and a gravity key" (lines 79-87).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: Seley, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Sewing Machines. (open access)

Attachment for Sewing Machines.

Patent for a new and improved attachment for sewing machines. This design "is to prevent the presser-foot from catching in the fibers of the material as the same is being sewed" (lines 13-15). It is "composed of a sheet-metal plate bent upon itself to form a loop and having an integral arm extending from the upper edge of the loop out of the plane thereof and having its free end concaved" (lines 93-97).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: Tynes, Minor E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Button for Billiard Counters. (open access)

Button for Billiard Counters.

Patent for a new and improved button for billiard counters. This design "ha[s] the transverse opening and passage extending therefrom to the periphery thereof and communicating with said opening and the longitudinal hole in close proximity to the transverse opening, and the pin adapted to engage said hole, whereby the button is removably secured to a wire" (lines 83-90).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: De Vitt, Phillip Melvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder. (open access)

Copy Holder.

Patent for a new and improved paper holder. This design is "to provide an indicator for use in connection with the copy-holder, so that when the copyist is interrupted . . . the indicator may be made to point out the exact place at which [she or] he left off" (lines 12-17). It consists, "with the copy-holding frame and the cross-bar mounted thereon, of an indicator formed of spring metal, said indicator having a slideway to fit the cross-bar, and a laterally-extending hand" (lines 125-130).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: Seymour, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1890 (open access)

The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1890

Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 18, 1890
Creator: Democrat Publishing Company
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1890 (open access)

The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1890

Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 18, 1890
Creator: Democrat Publishing Company
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Regidor. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 54, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1890 (open access)

El Regidor. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 54, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1890

Weekly Spanish newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 18, 1890
Creator: Pablo Cruz Y Cia
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1890 (open access)

The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 18, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1890 (open access)

The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 18, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1890 (open access)

Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 18, 1890
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1890 (open access)

Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 18, 1890
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1798: Stanley, Mollie & Annie (Minors) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1798: Stanley, Mollie & Annie (Minors)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Stanley, Mollie & Annie (Minors) and E. Stanley (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1890-10-18/1897-10-13
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1890 (open access)

Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 18, 1890
Creator: Rogers, J. N. & Rogers, Alice M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1890 (open access)

Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 18, 1890
Creator: Rogers, J. N. & Rogers, Alice M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1890 (open access)

The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1890

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 18, 1890
Creator: Edmondson, P. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1890 (open access)

The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1890

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 18, 1890
Creator: Edmondson, P. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 4, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 18, 1890 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 4, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 18, 1890

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 18, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History