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Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for an improvement in plows by using a series of spring-tines that are secured above the mold-board, when in operation these independently-moving tines “serve to jar and break the clods, thus not only pulverizing the clods to a certain degree but also insuring the freeing of the tines of all dirt” (lines 90-93), including illustration.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Ball, Alfred Fine
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for an improved animal trap for “catching small animals in a trap which will be ever set and in operative position for catching an animal and which will be automatically reset” (lines 10-13), illustration is included.
Date: March 17, 1891
Creator: Bassinger, Stephen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for $60.80 for a cement walkway, March 2, 1891] (open access)

[Receipt for $60.80 for a cement walkway, March 2, 1891]

Receipt for $60.80 for a cement walkway purchased by Mr. L. Huth, Sr. from G. G. Braden. Signed G. G. Braden on March 2, 1891 in San Antonio and marked as paid in full.
Date: March 2, 1891
Creator: Braden, G. G.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvements in car-couplings by using a combination of “a rod pivoted at its front end to the side of the draw-head and pivotally connected at its rear end..... when the draw-head is driven to the rear by the force of the blow received in coupling with another draw-head, the lug will be pressed to the front,” (lines 30-40) illustration is included.
Date: March 17, 1891
Creator: Bright, Tom Full
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Track Lifter. (open access)

Railroad-Track Lifter.

Patent for improvement in railroad-track lifters by using “the combination of a base, a upright, a lever and two pawls engaging notches of the upright” (lines 97-99) and “hand mechanism for operating the pawls,” (lines 1-2, p. 2) for easily raising sections of railway-track. Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1891
Creator: Brown, Hiram David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Furnace. (open access)

Garbage-Furnace.

Patent for an improved garbage-furnace which consist of a chamber having a grate for the reception of the garbage, a fire-box at each end, and a sand-box between the fire-boxes below the grate, grate-bars are arranged over the fire-boxes and extending from the bridge-wall, when the fire-boxes are ignited, garbage is introduced through the feed holes, the smoke, gases, fumes & etc. from the burning fuel and the garbage passed through a channel leading to the chimney. Illustration is included.
Date: March 10, 1891
Creator: Brownlee, Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Coupling. (open access)

Thill-Coupling.

Patent for improvements in thill-couplings by using a combination of forward extension arms, having each near its forward end, circular shoulders, adapted to engage the ends of the shaft-iron; the spring-catch for holding the lever arm in locking position and, for retracting arm when the catch is released. Illustration is included.
Date: March 17, 1891
Creator: Bryan, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Luther Burbank to Friend Munson, March 30, 1891] (open access)

[Letter from Luther Burbank to Friend Munson, March 30, 1891]

Photocopy of a letter from Luther Burbank to "Friend Munson" discussing grafting methods for apple and pear trees.
Date: March 30, 1891
Creator: Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Luther Burbank to T. V. Munson, March 30, 1891] (open access)

[Letter from Luther Burbank to T. V. Munson, March 30, 1891]

Photocopy of a letter from Luther Burbank to T. V. Munson discussing grafting techniques for fruit trees.
Date: March 30, 1891
Creator: Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 103, Ed. 1 Monday, March 2, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 103, Ed. 1 Monday, March 2, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 2, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 104, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 104, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 105, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 4, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 105, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 4, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 4, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 106, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 106, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 5, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 107, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 107, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 6, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 108, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 7, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 108, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 7, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 7, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 109, Ed. 1 Monday, March 9, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 109, Ed. 1 Monday, March 9, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 9, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 110, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 10, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 110, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 10, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 10, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 111, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 111, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 11, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 112, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 112, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 12, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 113, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 113, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 13, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 114, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 14, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 114, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 14, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 14, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 115, Ed. 1 Monday, March 16, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 115, Ed. 1 Monday, March 16, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 16, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 116, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 17, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 116, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 17, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 17, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 117, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 18, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 117, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 18, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 18, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History