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Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 24, 1885 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 24, 1885

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 24, 1885
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 31, 1885 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 31, 1885

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 1885
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 12, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 2, 1886 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 12, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 2, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 1886
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 13, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 9, 1886 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 13, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 9, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 9, 1886
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 14, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 16, 1886 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 14, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 16, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 16, 1886
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 23, 1886 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 23, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 1886
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 30, 1886 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 30, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 30, 1886
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 12, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 1, 1887 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 12, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 1, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 1887
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 13, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 8, 1887 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 13, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 8, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 8, 1887
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 15, 1887 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 15, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 1887
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 22, 1887 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 22, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 1887
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 29, 1887 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 29, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 29, 1887
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 6, 1888 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 6, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 6, 1888
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 14, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 13, 1888 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 14, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 13, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 13, 1888
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 20, 1888 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 20, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 20, 1888
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 27, 1888 (open access)

Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 27, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 27, 1888
Creator: Adair, John L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Top Prop. (open access)

Top Prop.

Patent for a new and improved top prop. This design consists in "the combination of a block, a supporting-arm mounted thereon, and a strap passing about the arm and bows and secured to the block. . . . [and a] plate provided with tubular hub and lug, [another] plate provided with an opening to fit the hub, an arm provided with a seat and with a circular opening to fit upon the hub, and a bolt or screw" (lines 82-87).
Date: December 18, 1888
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine. (open access)

Washing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design utilizes a plunger to create a partial vacuum in the corresponding tub, whereupon water, when rushing to fill the partial vacuum, saturates the clothes, cleaning them.
Date: December 6, 1881
Creator: Appelt, August E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter. (open access)

Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design, when used "as a corn-planter the slotted plate upon the inclined portion of the bottom is adjusted to cover the entire slot, and the pitman is attached to the pin projecting from the bar operating the seed slide, and when the machine is to be used as a cotton-planter the pitman is attached to the crank at the side of the seed-box, and the plate in the bottom of the box is adjusted so as to give the slot sufficient width to allow the cotton-seed to be forced through it" (lines 84-94).
Date: December 28, 1886
Creator: Armstrong, John J. & Lowrey, Andrew S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Sheltering Animals. (open access)

Device for Sheltering Animals.

Patent for a new and improved animal shelter. This design "relates to a device which may be adapted for use as a hen's nest, a dog-kennel, a stable for domestic animals, or for analogous purposes. The principle of construction prevalent in all these different adaptations for use of the device consists of certain improved means for automatically closing the door as the animal steps into a vertically-swinging compartment, and for automatically opening the door as the animal leaves said swinging compartment" (lines 13-23).
Date: December 21, 1880
Creator: Austin, John Overton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marine Torpedo Service. (open access)

Marine Torpedo Service.

Patent for a new and improved torpedo system. This design is "to so place and connect the torpedoes that they may be drawn out of the way of friendly vessels, so that they will automatically resume positions that will interfere with the passage of [unfriendly] vessels . . . [and] the invention consists of a series or system of torpedoes that are connected to guide-lines that pass under anchored sheaves and lead to a point where the lines are all connected to a single manipulating-line . . . which common manipulating-line leads to the shore or to a position from which it can be operated from the shore" (lines 11-25).
Date: December 7, 1886
Creator: Aylesworth, Charles Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire Place Blower. (open access)

Fire Place Blower.

Patent for a new and improved fire-place blower. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the jambs of a fireplace, of a frame consisting of front-pieces detachably fastened to the jambs, back pieces fastened to the respective front pieces and formed with steps, and a top board connecting the sides of the frame, together with sections resting on the steps and forming a fire-screen and blower" (lines 10-17).
Date: December 14, 1886
Creator: Baker, Henry F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Skirt Ironing Board. (open access)

Skirt Ironing Board.

Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design "consists [of] an ironing-board provided with hinged detachable leaves and with devices for holding said leaves open, which board is hinged or pivoted to the end piece of a frame, the lower part of which forms a box to receive that part of the article that hangs down, while the rest is being ironed, thus protecting it from dust and dirt and keeping it moist" (lines 12-20).
Date: December 14, 1880
Creator: Baldwin, Mary Hensley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Holding Paper over Cakes in Ovens. (open access)

Device for Holding Paper over Cakes in Ovens.

Patent for a new and improved paper-holder for cake baking. With this design, "[a] cake is placed in the oven, the holder placed in position over it, the hoop or frame raised, and a paper placed upon [another] hoop. The [first] hoop is then pressed down upon it, when the cake may be baked without the top being scorched" (lines 40-45).
Date: December 3, 1889
Creator: Balfour, Emma
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History