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General power of attorney, 1890
Document appoints C. E. Ashe as attorney for Mary Jones, Samuel E. Jones, Sallie S. Ashe, and R. G. Ashe to settle two certain suits pending in the District Court of Angelina County.
Date:
July 9, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Excerpt from Harper's Weekly Magazine]
Excerpt from an issue of Harper's Weekly Magazine that includes part of a text titled, "The Last of the Buffalo" and several plates of illustrations.
Date:
July 12, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 34, Ed. 1, Friday, July 4, 1890
Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 4, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 35, Ed. 1, Friday, July 11, 1890
Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 11, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 36, Ed. 1, Friday, July 18, 1890
Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 18, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1, Friday, July 25, 1890
Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 25, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 3, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 3, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 10, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 10, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 29, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 17, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 17, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 24, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 24, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 31, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 31, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 31, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Coupling and Uncoupling Cars
Patent for "a coupling of such construction as will permit the coupling and uncoupling of the cars to be effected by the engineer and to be entirely and at all times under his perfect control" (lines 16-20).
Date:
July 8, 1890
Creator:
McWhirter, Robert & Scheble, Eugene S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Wire Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design "has for its object to provide a novel, simple, economical, and efficient implement or tool for tightening wire fences by forming twists or loops in the fence-strands to take up the slack, and to provide a novel implement of this type wherein a rod or bar can be conveniently applied to increase the leverage in turning the implement to form the twists or loops" (lines 8-16).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Bellah, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine-Gun
Patent for an improvement in a "battery of guns, and has for its object the operating of any one of the guns by the recoil of another and in succession as long as may be deemed necessary" (lines 7-11).
Date:
July 1, 1890
Creator:
Greer, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sharpening Gin-Saws
Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple, durable, an d easily manipulated, and by means of which the teeth of gin-saws may be sharpened in a rapid, convenient, and effectual manner" (lines 9-14).
Date:
July 1, 1890
Creator:
Smith, John Quince
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Propeller Shaft Bearing.
Patent for a new and improved propeller-shaft bearing. This design consists, "with the horizontal propeller-shaft, of the single central stationary thrust-block through which the shaft snugly extends, the opposite ends of said block being each flattened and provided with a circular groove concentric with the shaft, the pair of collars rigidly secured to the shaft at the opposite ends of said central block, the inner ends of said collars each having a groove corresponding with the grooves in the block, and series of balls confined and running in each set of grooves and between the collars and block" (lines 5-17).
Date:
July 8, 1890
Creator:
Gaffield, William Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine
Patent for "a new and improved steam-engine in which the motive agent is utilized to the fullest advantage" (lines 8-10).
Date:
July 8, 1890
Creator:
Robey, James G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to combine a single and double plow so that they may be used either conjointly or independently of each other, and to provide means for the ready adjustment of the plow-beams with relation to each other and for the adjustment of the shovels so as to present the same at different inclinations for penetrating the ground at various depths" (lines 8-16).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Walton, Sam Houston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing Plate.
Patent for a new and improved printing-plate. This design "relates to an improvement in printing-plates designed particularly for printing mailing-lists for newspapers and other periodicals" (lines 8-11). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination of the bar or holder having the downwardly and inwardly turned ends, and the printing-plates secured on the former . . . of the loop loosely mounted on the plate, and the interposed wedge-shaped locking-key" (lines 5-16).
Date:
July 22, 1890
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Plow
Patent for "a plow of simple and inexpensive construction capable of being readily and easily changed from an ordinary plow to a ditching-plow, and vice versa" (lines 10-14).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Lesueur, Sam C. & Holsey, Theodric M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Movable Shelving for Stores.
Patent for new and improved shelving. This design "consists of three sections, a central main portion and two half-sections hinged at each end of the main section, said side sections being one half the length of the main section and adapted to fold face inward against the middle section, and the whole supported upon brackets that terminate in caster-rollers, and is removably secured to the store-wall by hooks on the shelving engaging eyes in the wall . . . The object of this invention is to so construct the shelving of stores that in case of fire the sections of shelving may be quickly closed together" (lines 13-28).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Thomas, Oscar P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail Driving Tool.
Patent for a new and improved nail-driving tool. This design consists, "with the shell of the tool formed with recesses and a guide-groove . . . the driving-bar provided with notch, die, and roller, spline guided in the groove of the shell, and the returning-spring, of the levers having toes, the former of said levers bearing normally upon the roller, the spring secured to said shell, bearing by its ends upon the ends of the said levers, and the magazine obliquely attached to the shell, provided with an opening and a spring-closing device" (lines 32-43).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Brady, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint Compound
Patent for "a fire and water proof compound for roofs and the like, possessing great elasticity and capable of contracting and expanding under cold and heat without cracking and peeling off [while also forming] a body equal to cement for covering the nail-heads of roofs and the like" (lines 12-20).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Jackson, Abner A. & Neal, Columbus M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Heater.
Patent for a new and improved tire heater. This design "consists in providing a rotary circular box revolving in a horizontal plane and carrying a rack, upon which is supported the tire, said box having a stationary bottom provided with openings to admit the flames of oil, gas, or vapor burners to immediate contact with a rotated tire. . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a tire-heater, which shall be simple and economical of construction, adapted to the use of gas, oil, or vapor fuel, but free of all connections for supplying and burning the same" (lines 18-29).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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