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The Weekly Brazos Pilot. (Bryan, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 27, 1883 (open access)

The Weekly Brazos Pilot. (Bryan, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 27, 1883

Weekly newspaper from Bryan, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 1883
Creator: Clark, Luther W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press Mat. (open access)

Press Mat.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed-oil press mat. This design calls for three separate plates to be bound together, which allows for two pressings simultaneously. The materials (sheet metal, leather, press cloth) make for a press that is stronger, cheaper, more durable, and more effective than previous presses.
Date: June 7, 1881
Creator: Mistrot, Jean Jacques
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Press Mat. (open access)

Oil Press Mat.

Patent for a new and improved oil-press mat. This design "produce[s] a mat which is provided with three leaves, whereby two cakes can be pressed at the same time, and the three leaves to be flexibly connected together in such a manner that the mat can be readily and easily handled, at the same time that it is made strong and durable and lasting" (lines 25-31).
Date: June 28, 1881
Creator: Mistrot, Jean Jacques
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History