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El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. EIGHTH YEAR, No. 181, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888 (open access)

El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. EIGHTH YEAR, No. 181, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top Prop. (open access)

Carriage Top Prop.

Patent for a new and improved prop for carriage tops. This design consists in "a prop-joint for vehicles, the combination of the bow, the prop-casting having the circumferential flanges lying against the opposite sides of the bow, and the opposite extension plates lying against and secured by screws to the rear edges of the bow" (lines 70-75).
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: Jacobs, William Ramsey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pen or Pencil Holder and Pin. (open access)

Combined Pen or Pencil Holder and Pin.

Patent for a new and improved writing-utensil holder and pin. This design "not only forms a convenient receptacle for a pen or pencil, but . . . it is also adapted for use as an ornamental scarf or breast pin, and to this end the bands may be appropriately shaped to confine a stone or other setting, which can be held from endwise displacement, if necessary, by means of lugs . . . at each end of the bar" (lines 63-71).
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: Stewart, Samuel F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 31, 1888 (open access)

Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 31, 1888

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 97, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 97, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 176, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 176, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 148, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 148, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 210, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 210, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 227, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 227, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1888

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press (open access)

Hay-Press

Patent for "a simple and effective machine of the character described, which shall possess advantages in point of durability, cheapness of manufacture, and general efficiency" (lines 18-21).
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: Bigham, Joshua R. & Bigham, Ambrose W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
File Case. (open access)

File Case.

Patent for a new and improved file case. This design "[t]he combination, with a case, of the pockets constructed in a series of a single piece of material having partitions formed by long folds connected at the bottom by short folds . . . [and t]he combination, with the folded pockets, of the file case having its sides constructed to overlap a part of the ends of the pockets, and an elastic follower with thumb-pieces arranged to bind with the sides of the case by straightening" (lines 9-24).
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: Altfather, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History