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El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. EIGHTH YEAR, No. 276, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888 (open access)

El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. EIGHTH YEAR, No. 276, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 306, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 306, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Leonard, J. T. & Sullivan, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Bedsteads. (open access)

Brace for Bedsteads.

Patent for a new and improved brace for bedsteads. This design has for its object "to provide an attachment for bedsteads whereby the side rails are prevented from springing outward or expanding from any cause, and thus allowing the slats to fall through" (lines 14-18).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Holmes, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined or Covertible Tool. (open access)

Combined or Covertible Tool.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a screw-driver, its blade having a hole and a lug, and its handle having in its end a socket with a slotted reversible tool, pointed at one end and formed for a screw-driver at the other end adjustably held against one side of the screw-driver by means of a screw and nut and the lug, and adapted to fit in the socket when out of use" (lines 63-71).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Barber, Edwin L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Sand and Gravel Washer (open access)

Combined Sand and Gravel Washer

Patent for "a combined gravel and sand washing box which shall effectually serve as a means for practically removing all sand and dirt from gravel and stones and all mud and fine dirt from sand" (lines 30-34).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 113, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 20, 1888 (open access)

Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 113, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 20, 1888

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 263, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 263, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 207, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 207, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 240, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 240, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 140, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 20, 1888 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 140, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 20, 1888

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1888

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power Attachment for Treadle Machines. (open access)

Power Attachment for Treadle Machines.

Patent for a new and improved attachment for treadle machines. This design "consist[s] of the frame provided with the bearings and adapted to support the machine to be driven, the shaft journaled in the said bearings and provided with the arms, the roller journaled between the outer ends of the said arms, and the pulley secured on the said shaft" (lines 85-92).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Von Boeckmann, Eugene
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Odorless Dry Outhouse and Apparatus for Use Therewith (open access)

Odorless Dry Outhouse and Apparatus for Use Therewith

Patent for "an outhouse which will be adapted for use in localties where water is scarce, or where it is either or both impracticable or undesirable to use water for flushing or draining" (lines 32-36).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double Point for Plows. (open access)

Double Point for Plows.

Patent for a new and improved double point for plows. This design consists in "[t]he plow-point having the central rectangular bend at the back, the wings shelving outward, downward, and forward, the long parallel-sided end, the lateral angles, and the marginal edges inclined upward and toward each other, the said portion being substantially as long as the share-edge" (lines 71-77).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Schuster, Rudolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Coring and Halving Machine. (open access)

Fruit Coring and Halving Machine.

Patent for a new and improved fruit corer and halver. This design consists "[i]n a fruit cutter, the combination of the pivoted knives having laterally-concaved facing sides and curved inward to the edges at the upper ends, the arms extending from one side of said knives near their lower end, and the vertically-moving guide-plate provided with the longitudinal guide-grooves parallel at their upper and lower portions and curving inward to meet at their centers, into which grooves the ends of said arms enter for the purpose of opening and closing said knives" (lines 22-32).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Harpst, Edgar S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History