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Cloth Measuring Reel. (open access)

Cloth Measuring Reel.

Patent for a new and improved cloth-measuring wheel. This design "consists in the peculiar combination and arrangement of the cutting-board with two standards, whereby the said cutting-board is made to act as a sufficient brace for the frame, as well as to perform the offices of a cutting board. The invention also consists in means for producing a variable tension on the cloth as it passes from the roll to the reel, whereby the tendency of different thicknesses of cloth to wind the cloth in greater or lesser lengths than the register indicates is compensated for and corrected" (lines 27-39).
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: Peters, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Toy and Bottle Stopper. (open access)

Combined Toy and Bottle Stopper.

Patent for a novel bottle stopper. This design "consists in certain improvements in [bottle stoppers] whereby the outpouring fluid may be utilized to set in motion an automaton attached to said stopper" (lines 18-21).
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1076: Newman, Lottie (Minor) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1076: Newman, Lottie (Minor)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Newman, Lottie (Minor) and J. Elam (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1882-01-03/1882-05-17
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 30, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 30, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Evening Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 299, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882 (open access)

The Evening Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 299, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Democrat-Advance. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882 (open access)

Fort Worth Democrat-Advance. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3671, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3671, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 245, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 245, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Cotton Gins. (open access)

Governor for Cotton Gins.

Patent for a new and improved governor for cotton gins. This design utilizes a moveable suspended roll-breast and a moveable rocking frame to regulate the amount of cotton fed into the roll-box. This design simplifies and cheapens gin production, and it makes the parts of the gin more adaptable to other gins of different sizes.
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: Forbes, Lycurgus D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Norton's Daily Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 204, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882 (open access)

Norton's Daily Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 204, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1882

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: Norton, A. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Picket Fence (open access)

Picket Fence

Patent for an improvement in short timber picket fences
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: McGinty, Robert H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Balance. (open access)

Sash Balance.

Patent for a new and improved sash balance. This design "furnish[es] a spring-tensioned sash-balance by which the top sash may be held in close contact with the top of the window-frame or adjusted at a lowered position without hoisting the bottom sash. [The] invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and arrangement" (lines 9-15).
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: Quick, John Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 257, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 3, 1882 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 257, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 3, 1882

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 244, Ed. 1 Monday, January 2, 1882 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 244, Ed. 1 Monday, January 2, 1882

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 2, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Norton's Daily Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 203, Ed. 1 Monday, January 2, 1882 (open access)

Norton's Daily Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 203, Ed. 1 Monday, January 2, 1882

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 2, 1882
Creator: Norton, A. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1882 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 1, 1882
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1882 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 1, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Donley County

Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Donley County, Texas. The center of Donley County is marked on map. Land shown on map is part of Fannin Land District. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: January 1882
Creator: Matthews, Sam. P.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Democrat-Advance. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 13, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1882 (open access)

Fort Worth Democrat-Advance. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 13, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 244, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1882 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 244, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 1, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1882 (open access)

El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1882

Weekly newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 1, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Probate Records: Probate Minutes I (open access)

Travis County Probate Records: Probate Minutes I

Travis County probate minutes documenting probate cases from January 1882 to January 1883. Recorded copies of proceedings of the county court sitting as a probate court in cases involving estates of deceased individuals. Shows term of court, date of proceedings, names of officers present, subject of hearing, names of interested parties present, orders of the court, signed approval of county judge, and clerk's attestation. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1882-01/1883-01
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 256, Ed. 1, Sunday, January 1, 1882 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 256, Ed. 1, Sunday, January 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 1, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History