The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1887 (open access)

The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Willis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 1887
Creator: Cravens, N. A., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music Holder. (open access)

Music Holder.

Patent for a new and improved sheet-music holder. This design consists "[i]n a music-holder, the combination of the base-board, the tension arms, the frictional spiral-swings, the plates perforated to receive the screw, and having the countersunk perforation to receive the knots in the ends of the elastic cords, and the knot receiver" (lines 50-55).
Date: April 28, 1885
Creator: Frampton, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History