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The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1886 (open access)

The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Willis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 27, 1886
Creator: Cravens, N. A., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1886 (open access)

The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Willis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 29, 1886
Creator: Cravens, N. A., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaf Turner. (open access)

Leaf Turner.

Patent for a new and improved leaf-turner for sheet music. This design consists "of a rack having attached guides, the horizontally-slidable rods arranged in said guides, one above the other, the leaf-turning fingers carried by one end of said rods, the elastic cords connected with the other ends of said rods for retracting the fingers, devices for holding the rods against the tension of the cords, and a finger-piece for successively disengaging said holding devices" (lines 56-64).
Date: July 6, 1886
Creator: Richards, Augustus, Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History