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The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 6, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 18, 1876 (open access)

The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 6, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 18, 1876

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 18, 1876
Creator: Gregory, D.G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The True Issue (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 44, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 9, 1863 (open access)

The True Issue (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 44, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 9, 1863

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 9, 1863
Creator: Drake, J.V.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Painter's Scaffold-chairs. (open access)

Improvement in Painter's Scaffold-chairs.

Patent for use of house-painters and others an improved scaffold-chair that may be elevated and lowered at pleasure by the person sitting on the scaffold.
Date: May 16, 1876
Creator: Crockett, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers (open access)

Improvement in Insect-Destroyers

Patent for an insect destroyer that forces fire smoke into the ground, targeting ants and other insects.
Date: May 29, 1877
Creator: Melcher, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Sprinklers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Sprinklers.

Patent for "the combination, in a cotton-sprinkler, having a fluid-vessel, of flexible ejecting hose, having flaring nozzle sprinklers, with hooks or fastening devices for holding the nozzles in elevated positions upon the vessels, whereby the driver has perfect control both over the flow and direction of the fluid, and is thereby enabled to inject the fluid upon the two rows of plants, without regard to their height or the uncertain movement of the horse between the rows, and to stop the flow by elevating and hooking the ejecting-hose to the upper corners of the vessel, thus rendering the device much more effective in directing the fluid than could possibly be effected by fixed distributing perforated cocks, and preventing unnecessary waste of the fluid." (Lines 13-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 18, 1875
Creator: Ramsey, Croghan A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam, of the staple secured to the plow-beam, the curved shank provided at its upper front end with the triangular loop having notches on its lower edge, which engage with the said staple, the bolt pivoted in the said plow-beam and connected to the rear portion of the shank under the handles, and the blades secured to the lower front end of shank under the staple" (lines 72-81).
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Nitschmann, Franz
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Sharpening Machine (open access)

Saw Sharpening Machine

Patent for Saw Sharpening Machine. "have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw-Sharpeners." (lines 5-6) Including illustrations.
Date: May 19, 1885
Creator: Eidelbach, Andrew C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.

Patent for an improvement in cotton worm destroyer, includes instructions and illustration.
Date: May 28, 1878
Creator: Yeager, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dredging Machine. (open access)

Dredging Machine.

Patent for a new and improved dredging machine. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a boat or the like, provided with depending hangers at its bow and stern, of the shaft journaled in said hangers, and provided with a spiral screw extending throughout its length" (lines 88-92). It is "for removing sand-bars and similar obstructions in the beds of harbors or in streams by loosening the sand or the like, so that it will be suspended in the water and carried off by the natural or created current" (lines 22-26).
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: Crockett, John Richardson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for an improved design for a cotton chopper. The patent includes two sets of blades with opposite rotation and the ability to be stopped by the control of the operator. The design also includes improvements on cultivation and chopping for a more efficient process. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1880
Creator: Busch, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1924 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1924

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 2, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1924 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1924

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 9, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1924 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1924

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 16, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1924 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1924

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 23, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1924 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1924

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 30, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1926 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1926

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 7, 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 1926 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 1926

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 14, 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, May 21, 1926 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, May 21, 1926

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 21, 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1926 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1926

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 28, 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1922 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1922

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 5, 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1922 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1922

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 26, 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1923 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1923

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 4, 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1923 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1923

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 11, 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1923 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1923

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 18, 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History