Messenger's Picket. (open access)

Messenger's Picket.

Patent for a new and improved messenger's picket. This design "is an improvement in means of protection for express-[people] or express-messengers on railway-trains from successful attack by robbers. In other words, it is an improved form of bullet-proof cage or miniature fort in which the express-[person] or messenger may lock himself [or herself] in case of danger and from which he [or she] may watch and fire upon his [or her] assailants with almost perfect safety" (lines 7-15).
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Hays, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Valve (open access)

Safety-Valve

Patent for a safety valve that can be used on water and gas boilers.
Date: June 21, 1892
Creator: Ball, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Standard-Enterprise. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 3, 1892 (open access)

The Standard-Enterprise. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 3, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 3, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History