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The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 246, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 23, 1886 (open access)

The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 246, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 23, 1886

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 23, 1886
Creator: Gilbert, C. E. & Foster, L. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 272, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886 (open access)

The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 272, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Gilbert, C. E. & Foster, L. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Picker. (open access)

Fruit Picker.

Patent for a new and improved fruit picker. This design consists in "two bags or receptacles [which] are secured upon an endless chain or cord, which passes over a pulley at the top of the pole of the picker and under a pulley near the lower end of the pole, so that the weight of one fruit picked and received in the bag will draw the other bag upward ready to receive another fruit, while the fruit in the descended bag may be removed from the said bag, which will thus be ready to ascend, when another fruit is picked" (lines 24-34).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Arnold, Hudson H.C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1170: Work, Joseph (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1170: Work, Joseph (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Work, Joseph (died November 25, 1886) and S.A. Work (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1886-07-23/1887-05-13
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History