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Burglar-Alarm (open access)

Burglar-Alarm

Patent for "a portable burglar-alarm, which may be secured in position adjacent to a window or door, so that upon the opening of the same the alarm will be tripped and the cartridge detonated" (lines 9-13).
Date: December 18, 1888
Creator: Mikich, Janko L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Change of Membership Certificate for Lily Holmes] (open access)

[Change of Membership Certificate for Lily Holmes]

Certificate documenting that Ms. Lily Holmes has been a member of St. John's Church in Springfield, Missouri, and is now moving to Dallas. Text near the bottom of the form is an excerpt of the Canons of the Church outlining that church members must obtain such certification when moving to a new parish.
Date: June 28, 1888
Creator: Moore, Melville M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: February 1, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: February 8, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 22, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 22, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: February 22, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 29, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 29, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: February 29, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 7, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 7, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: March 7, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 14, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 14, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: March 14, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 28, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 28, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: March 28, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
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
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 11, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 11, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: April 11, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: April 25, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 2, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 2, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: May 2, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 9, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 9, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: May 9, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 16, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 16, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: May 16, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: May 30, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 6, 1888 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 6, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: June 6, 1888
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
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
Current Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines. (open access)

Current Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines.

Patent for a new and improved current regulator. This design "pertains to that class of regulators in which the collecting brushes of the commutator are automatically moved around the commutator and caused to occupy different positions relatively to the maximum lines of the magnetic field between the poles and the armature; and it embraces a novel method of controlling the movement of the brushes to compensate for variations in the speed of the machine and regulate the current in accordance with the work to be done" (lines 11-21).
Date: February 14, 1888
Creator: Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1888 - Index (open access)

Dallas 1888 - Index

Index to Sanborn maps of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, listing street names and maps on which they appear.
Date: 1888
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas 1888 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1888
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas 1888 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1888
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas 1888 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1888
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History