Dallas County Probate Case 1620: Willis, Daisy (Minor) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1620: Willis, Daisy (Minor)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Willis, Daisy (Minor) and Geo. W. Fuqua (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1888-01-04/1894-08-31
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1541: Netzer, Fred (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1541: Netzer, Fred (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Netzer, Fred (died February 14 or 20, 1888) and G. Netzer (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1888-02-04/1888-05-24
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 4, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 4, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: April 4, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1201: Willett, Bettie T. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1201: Willett, Bettie T. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Willett, Bettie T. (died April 4, 1888 in Grayson County, Texas) and N.M. Willett (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1888-04-04/1889-09-18
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1450: Gordon, Nancy (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1450: Gordon, Nancy (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Gordon, Nancy (Deceased) and Martha Adkinson (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1888-05-04/1889-04-03
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 2488: Warren, Katie E. (Minor) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 2488: Warren, Katie E. (Minor)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Warren, Katie E. (Minor) and S.L. May (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1888-05-04/1903-06-02
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rector of Trinity Church in Arkensas, July 4, 1888] (open access)

[Letter from Rector of Trinity Church in Arkensas, July 4, 1888]

Handwritten letter from the rector of Trinity Church in Van Buren, Arkensas to the reverend at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Dallas, regarding a parishioner (Mrs. Holmes) who travels to Dallas on business, and asking that she be received at the church there when she is in town.
Date: July 4, 1888
Creator: Guirny, LeGrand P. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Rest. (open access)

Hand Rest.

Patent for a new and improved hand rest. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standard, the lever supported thereby and provided with a guide wire or rail, and the hand support comprising a roller mounted on said rail, an elastic strap depending from the roller, and a finger-receiver secured to the lower end of the strap" (lines 62-68).
Date: September 4, 1888
Creator: Brown, Martin Luther
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for "novel means for handling lint-cotton, whereby I effect the compression or packing of the cotton in he press-box by mechanical means, instead of sending men into the box to tramp the cotton down as it is thrown or fed in" (lines 9-13).
Date: December 4, 1888
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Direct-Acting Steam-Engine (open access)

Direct-Acting Steam-Engine

Patent for improvements in the construction of direct-acting steam-engines.
Date: December 4, 1888
Creator: Winn, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History