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San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1887 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1887

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 21, 1887
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1887 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1887

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 28, 1887
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1887 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1887

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 28, 1887
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15TH YEAR, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1888 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15TH YEAR, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1888

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 5, 1888
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15TH YEAR, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 12, 1888 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15TH YEAR, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 12, 1888

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 12, 1888
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15TH YEAR, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1888 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15TH YEAR, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1888

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 19, 1888
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15TH YEAR, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1888 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15TH YEAR, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1888

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 26, 1888
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16TH YEAR, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1889 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16TH YEAR, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1889

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 4, 1889
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16TH YEAR, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1889 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16TH YEAR, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1889

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 11, 1889
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16TH YEAR, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1889 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16TH YEAR, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1889

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 18, 1889
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16TH YEAR, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1889 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 16TH YEAR, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1889

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 25, 1889
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Collar Fastener. (open access)

Horse Collar Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved horse-collar fastener. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in horse-collar fastenings of that class designed to lock the two sides of the horse-collar and to permit of the ready separation thereof to facilitate the placing and removal of the collar when desired; and it has for its object to provide a simple and cheap device of this character wherein provision shall be made for the retention of the lever against the catch, and also means for preventing the drawing of the screws" (lines 15-26).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Bomar, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1890 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1890

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 3, 1890
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Attachment. (open access)

Wagon Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved wagon attachment. This design "relates to hay frames or racks for use with the ordinary box wagon-bodies; and it has for its object to provide a light frame or rack of simple construction adapted for adjustment to wagon boxes or bodies of different width and so constructed as to be folded in a compact form. To these ends the invention consists in a foldable hay frame or rack adapted to fit into a wagon-body and adapted for adjustment to such body; also, in structural features and combination of parts" (lines 19-30).
Date: April 8, 1890
Creator: Haupt, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1890 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1890

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 10, 1890
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1890 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1890

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 17, 1890
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1890 (open access)

San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1890

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 24, 1890
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snap-Hook. (open access)

Snap-Hook.

Patent for improvements in snap-hooks by using just one “single piece of wire, having a stationary arm that bent to form an inwardly-extending shank with its extremity bent in a reverse direction upon itself to form a bearing; the spring-arm and the spring-loop formed by coiling the wire upon itself and crossing, and extending outward at an angle to form shoulders to strengthen the hook immediately in front of the spring-loop.” (Lines 61-70) Illustration is included.
Date: April 28, 1891
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Padlock. (open access)

Permutation-Padlock.

Patent for an improved and simple combination padlock that only opens if the operator knows the combination, and it can be used with watch charms, bracelet locks, valises, trunks, bicycles, tool chests, writing desks, store rooms, and similar articles.
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Sanderson, Benjamin A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a simple and efficient baling-press that has an improved press-box and plunger-operating power. The connections between the power and the plunger will be lighter and the feed-opening of the press-box will be closed automatically. The machine has a continuously-rotating operating wheel that allows for an easier way to engage and disengage the pitman.
Date: April 7, 1896
Creator: Franks, Lewis W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1903 (open access)

The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1903

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 24, 1903
Creator: McNaughton, George A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool For Removing Floors, Ceilings, Sidings, &c. (open access)

Tool For Removing Floors, Ceilings, Sidings, &c.

Patent for a tool that removes floors, ceilings, sidings, and more. Illustration included.
Date: April 26, 1904
Creator: Harmon, William O. & Quarles, Alexander H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Roger Fulton to Birdie Walters in Dripping Springs, Texas]

Postcard from Roger Fulton to Barbie Walters with a note on that reads in part: "may you be loved by all but most by me." The illustration on the front of the card is of a bouquet of flowers with a border created by vines.
Date: April 1908
Creator: Fulton, Roger L.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Dr. Joseph Pound from Georgia Pound Cavett, April 8, 1909] (open access)

[Letter to Dr. Joseph Pound from Georgia Pound Cavett, April 8, 1909]

Letter to Dr. Joseph Pound from Georgia Pound Cavett discussing recent rainfall and estimates on how much actually fell; also the sender discusses the status of other people in the community.
Date: April 8, 1909
Creator: Cavett, Georgia Pound
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History