The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 211, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 26, 1883 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 211, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 26, 1883

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 26, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Norton's Daily Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 48, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 26, 1883 (open access)

Norton's Daily Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 48, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 26, 1883

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 26, 1883
Creator: Norton, A. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Check. (open access)

Door Check.

Patent for a new and improved door check. This design "consists in a sliding spring-bolt held in the upper edge of the door, combined with a curved notched frame, projecting from the door-frame, into the notches of which frame the end of the bolt can pass to hold the door in the desired potion. The sliding bolt is connected . . . [to] a crank-arm formed on one end of a spindle, provided on the opposite end with a handle-knob, the crank arm of which spindle can be adjusted to lock the spring-bolt" (lines 11-21).
Date: June 26, 1883
Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History