Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1882 (open access)

Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1882

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 23, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Vorwärts. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1883 (open access)

Texas Vorwärts. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1883

Weekly German-language newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 23, 1883
Creator: Schütze, Julius
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick Machine. (open access)

Brick Machine.

Patent for a new and improved brick machine. This design consists in "a mold-wheel mounted to revolve in the horizontal plane and provided with mold-cavities, of a vertically-movable plunger in each cavity, a door for each cavity hinged on the top of the wheel, the hinge plate or lug attached to the mold-wheel being slotted to allow a vertical movement of the hinge-pin, a curved arm pivoted over the top of the mold-wheel and extending over part of the same, and a spring acting on the swinging end of said curved arm" (lines 80-90).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Thaison, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dinner Bucket. (open access)

Dinner Bucket.

Patent for a new and improved lunch bucket. This design consists in a "base-plate having sleeves upon two of its opposite edges, two rectangular-shaped bails secured at one end in said sleeves, the upper ends of each of said bails being bent inward or toward each other, the upper end of one of said bails being shorter than the other and bent slightly upward, and means for securing the upper ends of said bails together" (lines 1-8).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Lederle, Edward Emil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracking Machine. (open access)

Nut-Cracking Machine.

Patent for a machine that helps crack and break down nuts for processing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Koerber, Rudolph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History