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The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 26, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 26, 1880
Creator:
Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 26, 1881
Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 26, 1881
Creator:
Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma City
Photograph of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory.
Date:
April 26, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Evening Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, January 26, 1883
Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 26, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Evening Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1, Monday, February 26, 1883
Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 26, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Evening Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 56, Ed. 1, Monday, March 26, 1883
Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 26, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutter and Feeder
Patent for "new and useful improvements in band-cutters and feeders" (lines 6-7).
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
King, Charlie C. & Trimble, Alonzo D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Planter.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator and planter. This design consists in "the combination of the box having the slot and the three apertures in the side of the slot . . . the reciprocating seed-slide, and the sliding and adjustable plate . . . having the slot near its end and engaging with the free leg of the staple" (lines 100-110).
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis.
Patent for a new and improved clevis. This design "is to provide a clevis with a series of attaching-loops whereby the line of draft may be changed as circumstances may require, to bring the line of draft to either side of the plow-beam, or above or below the same, and to provide a clevis with a centrally-located attaching-loop, to be used where a direct or central draft is needed" (lines 11-18).
Date:
January 26, 1886
Creator:
Dunn, Henry Frankling
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy Top Support.
Patent for a new and improved support for buggy-tops. This design "relates to supports for the tops of buggies or other vehicles, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, effective, and durable device for attachment to the folding braces of the vehicle-tops to prevent the accidental folding of the top when the vehicles are on the road" (lines 7-13).
Date:
January 26, 1886
Creator:
Finney, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 110, Ed. 1 Friday, December 26, 1884
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 26, 1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 26, 1884
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 26, 1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 162, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1885
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 26, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 186, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1885
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 26, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 238, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 26, 1885
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 26, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning and Handling Seed-Cotton
Patent for "improved means for conveying seed-cotton from wagons or store-houses to a series of gins, to clean it during its passage, and to avoid clogging the gins or the devices themselves by rapid feeding of the cotton" (lines 14-18).
Date:
November 26, 1889
Creator:
Elam, William E.; Thomas, Robert S. & Hardwick, Sauny W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Race-Course.
Patent for toy race-course.
Date:
April 26, 1887
Creator:
Cordray, Henry A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Chair.
Patent for a dental chair improvement.
Date:
April 26, 1887
Creator:
Stiles, Edmund P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a shaft journaled at its lower end in the ordinary draw-bar and at its upper end in a bracket . . . and in the combination therewith of a brace . . . adapted to support the lower end of said shaft, a hook placed between the brace and the draw-bar, and a spring surrounding the shaft and arranged to hold the shaft and hook normally . . . It also further consists in . . . the hook, . . . a spring-actuated uncoupling-rod extending through a bracket . . . and a retaining-latch. . . adapted to hold the said rod in a retracted position" (lines 22-37).
Date:
July 26, 1887
Creator:
De May, Eugene A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Handle and Toilet Case.
Patent for a new and improved toiletry case. This design consists in "[a] combined hollow parasol or umbrella handle and toilet-case, consisting of an ornamental hollow case having an end opening for the reception of a parasol or umbrella stick, its opposite end provided with a rigid extension-ring, a hinged cover provided with a mirror on its inner face and working against the tension of a coiled spring, and an end lip to said cover to contact with end spring secured to said case, the internal portion of said case divided to receive visiting-cards, face-powder, pads, a curved spring, and cloth-lining" (lines 20-31).
Date:
July 26, 1887
Creator:
Myers, Ida Louise
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box for Meat and Oil Presses
Patent for box for meat and oil presses. This box prevents meat from adhering to the box by using a lining, preferably sheet metal (p. 2). This keeps the box from breaking.
Date:
May 26, 1885
Creator:
Culberston, John J., of Paris, Texas; O'Connell, John C., of Montgomery, Alabama & Gaston, Bernard, of Paris, Texas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Clothes Clamp.
Patent for a new and improved clamp. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a suitable clasp for holding the bed-clothes and its link, of the means for adjustably securing it to the bed-rail, consisting of a rod, having its lower end screw-threaded and provided with a nut and washer, and having on its upper end a hook-shaped projection that is adapted to pass over and around the upper edge of the bed-rail, and is provided with an eye . . . for connection with the clamp" (lines 65-74).
Date:
May 26, 1885
Creator:
Kiam, Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Motor.
Patent for a new and improved churn motor. This design "consists in [a] novel construction and arrangement of parts . . . The machine . . . is so constructed that it gives to the dasher a perpendicular long or short stroke, and that it may be sunk deep or shallow in the milk; and the machine may be run at the greatest speed with but little friction, and without the danger of its parts becoming loosened, and by means of its apron and attachment . . . it holds the churn in place" (lines 16-26).
Date:
February 26, 1884
Creator:
Nevel, William A. & Fisher, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar Alarm.
Patent for a new and improved burglar alarm. This design "consists in the combination of the lock-frame with a pivoted plate which is connected to it at one end, and which plate carries the nipple to receive the catch, and is provided with sharp points to catch in the jamb of the door, with a sidewise-moving trigger, which is operated by the door, and a set-screw for securing the lock-plate in position upon the door" (lines 13-21).
Date:
June 26, 1883
Creator:
Wright, William Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History