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Jefferson Jimplecute (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 17, 1889 (open access)

Jefferson Jimplecute (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 17, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Jefferson, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 17, 1889
Creator: Taylor, Ward, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jefferson 1885 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Jefferson in Marion County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jefferson 1885 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Jefferson in Marion County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jefferson 1885 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Jefferson in Marion County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jefferson 1885 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Jefferson in Marion County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Iron News. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 4, 1887 (open access)

The Texas Iron News. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 4, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Jefferson, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: June 4, 1887
Creator: Overall, E. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake. (open access)

Car Brake.

Patent for a new and improved brake for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination, with the brake, of an angle-lever on the end part of the car, a draw-head on the car, a lever pivoted on the same, a rod connecting the said lever with the angle-lever, a toothed locking-bar on the standard, and a pin on the lever on the standard" (lines 10-16).
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Daudelin, Joseph M.T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bill or Paper File. (open access)

Bill or Paper File.

Patent for a new and improved bill or paper file. This design "relates to hook-files, the object being to so improve their construction as to prevent the bills or papers on the file from working off. The invention consists, essentially, in a file provided with a tongue pivoted near the point of the hook" (lines 7-13).
Date: August 9, 1887
Creator: Gilbert, Frank B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motive Power. (open access)

Motive Power.

Patent for a new and improved motive power. This design "consists of an inclined wheel applied to a center shaft that turns in fixed bottom bearings and adjustable top bearings and transmits the power by a crown-wheel and gear-wheels and shafts in one or both directions" (lines 19-23).
Date: June 14, 1881
Creator: Gibson, Obadiah William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jefferson Jimplecute (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 17, 1889 (open access)

Jefferson Jimplecute (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 17, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Jefferson, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 17, 1889
Creator: Taylor, Ward, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jefferson Jimplecute (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 5, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 24, 1889 (open access)

Jefferson Jimplecute (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 5, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 24, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Jefferson, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 24, 1889
Creator: Taylor, Ward, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History