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Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 1892 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 26, 1892
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 26, 1893 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 26, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 26, 1893
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 26, 1893 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 26, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 26, 1893
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door. (open access)

Car-Door.

Patent for "an improved freight car door so supported that it will not be shaken or jarred off and can be easily opened and closed at all times no matter how heavily loaded the car may be." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1895
Creator: Allen, Thomas C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scholars' Lesson Paper, May 1895 (open access)

Scholars' Lesson Paper, May 1895

The Scholars' Lesson Paper for May 1895, a non-denominational Christian pamphlet for Sunday school teachers, featuring weekly and daily scriptural readings along with related lesson topics and questions.
Date: May 26, 1895
Creator: American Sunday-School Union
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and efficient improved twin-jaw coupling that couples automatically and easily uncouples. Operators do not need to go between cars to uncouple the cars. "A further object of the invention is in the operation of uncoupling to open the knuckle after releasing the same in order to have the knuckle in position predatory to coupling" (lines 16-19).
Date: September 26, 1893
Creator: Anderson, Anders Peder
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fencing - Machine (open access)

Fencing - Machine

Patent for a new and useful Wire-Fence Machine, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 26, 1897
Creator: Anderson, Henry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame. (open access)

Hame.

Patent for a hame that has an improved fastening device that easily secures trace chains or tugs to the harness. It is easily adjustable.
Date: September 26, 1893
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Twine-Holder. (open access)

Twine-Holder.

Patent for certain new and useful improvement in twine holders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 26, 1899
Creator: Andrews, Otis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Appley to C. C. Cox, September 26, 1896] (open access)

[Letter from James Appley to C. C. Cox, September 26, 1896]

Letter from James Appely of the Houston East & West Texas Railway to C. C. Cox discussing an order of wood. The envelope is included.
Date: September 26, 1896
Creator: Appely, James
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1899 (open access)

The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Refugio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 26, 1899
Creator: Autry, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Fe Catolica. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 26, 1897 (open access)

La Fe Catolica. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 26, 1897

Weekly Spanish-language Catholic newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the local Catholic community along with advertising.
Date: June 26, 1897
Creator: Backmann, Carlos
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Fé Católica (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 57, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 26, 1898 (open access)

La Fé Católica (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 57, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 26, 1898

Weekly Spanish-language Catholic newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the local Catholic community along with advertising.
Date: February 26, 1898
Creator: Backmann, Carlos
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Fé Católica (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 61, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 26, 1898 (open access)

La Fé Católica (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 61, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 26, 1898

Weekly Spanish-language Catholic newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the local Catholic community along with advertising.
Date: March 26, 1898
Creator: Backmann, Carlos
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1899 (open access)

Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 26, 1899
Creator: Bailey, John W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1899 (open access)

Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 26, 1899
Creator: Bailey, John W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1895 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 26, 1895
Creator: Baillio, F. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing. (open access)

Ball-Bearing.

Patent for ball-bearings that "consists in improvements in hubs or journal-boxes and in the journals of axles or spindles" (lines 8-10), the "object [of which] is to construct journals and journal-boxes which will be perfectly adjustable and durable and which will be subjected to the least possible friction" (lines 12-15).
Date: January 26, 1897
Creator: Baker, Joseph B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Seymour News (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1899 (open access)

The Seymour News (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Seymour, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 26, 1899
Creator: Barber, George P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rock Drill. (open access)

Rock Drill.

Patent for a new and improved rock-drill. This design "is to construct a simple and efficient rock-drill in which the forward feeding and rotating of the drill are accomplished automatically" (lines 15-18). It consists in "the drill-rod, a tappet-plate placed loosely on the drill-rod, clutch mechanism connected with the tappet-plate for engaging the drill-rod, a spring for impelling the drill-rod, a cam provided with conical ends for lifting the tappet-plate, and the guide" (lines 20-26).
Date: July 26, 1892
Creator: Belt, Perley P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient car coupling "which will insure positive automatic coupling when two opposite draw-heads come together" (lines 16-18).
Date: April 26, 1892
Creator: Bird, Robert L. & Bird, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 143, Ed. 1 Monday, September 26, 1898 (open access)

The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 143, Ed. 1 Monday, September 26, 1898

Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 26, 1898
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Friction Sucker-Rod Coupling. (open access)

Anti-Friction Sucker-Rod Coupling.

Patent for an anti-frictioin sucker-rod coupling. This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in sectional sucker-rods for artesian, oil, and other wells, and has for its object to provide an improved construction of coupling-joint for connecting the sections of the rods together.
Date: January 26, 1892
Creator: Black, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a new and useful harrow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1899
Creator: Blount, Blanton E. & Guice, Benjamen R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History