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The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 171, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 17, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 171, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 17, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 17, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 172, Ed. 1, Friday, July 18, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 172, Ed. 1, Friday, July 18, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 18, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 173, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 19, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 173, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 19, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 19, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 174, Ed. 1, Monday, July 21, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 174, Ed. 1, Monday, July 21, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 21, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 175, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 22, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 175, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 22, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 176, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 23, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 176, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 23, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 23, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 177, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 24, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 177, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 24, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 24, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 178, Ed. 1, Friday, July 25, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 178, Ed. 1, Friday, July 25, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 25, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 179, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 26, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 179, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 26, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 180, Ed. 1, Monday, July 28, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 180, Ed. 1, Monday, July 28, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 28, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 181, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 29, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 181, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 29, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 29, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 182, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 30, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 182, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 30, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 30, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 183, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 31, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 183, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 31, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 31, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 157, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 1, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 157, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 1, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 1, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 158, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 2, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 158, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 2, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 2, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bellows Attachment for Barrels. (open access)

Bellows Attachment for Barrels.

Patent for a new and improved bellows attachment for barrels. This design "provide[s] means for securely attaching the bellows to the barrels, so as to exclude the admission of air, except such as is forced in by the bellows; and a further object of the same provides for the shutting off the flow of liquid, as desired" (lines 13-18).
Date: July 1, 1884
Creator: Park, Hardy B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Pump. (open access)

Balanced Pump.

Patent for a new and improved balanced pump. This design "relates to improvements in balanced pumps having a horizontal cylinder provided with a horizontally-reciprocating plunger, and a curved cylinder placed directly under it, provided with a curved plunger, both having suitable valves operating automatically in conjunction therewith" (lines 8-14).
Date: July 1, 1884
Creator: Ramsey, Haley S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Stopper. (open access)

Bottle Stopper.

Patent for a new and improved bottle stopper. This design "consists in the combination of the tubular body, having its lower end closed by means of a cork, and having its upper end formed into a measuring-chamber, which is adapted to be closed by means of a cork, so as to protect the measuring chamber from dust and dirt" (lines 13-19).
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Cotten, Jefferson Davis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge Loading Apparatus. (open access)

Cartridge Loading Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved cartridge loader. This design "consists of a filling attachment to cartridge-loading blocks, which is composed of a hopper part having discharge-tubes in the bottom and a perforated and spring-actuated slide-piece having perforations registering with said tubes, and of a lower part having upwardly-extending tubes sliding on the bottom tubes of the hopper and downwardly-extending tubes of conical shape . . . and are opened or closed by a second spring-actuated slide-piece" (lines 16-26).
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Lockett, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool. (open access)

Combination Tool.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists in a combination-tool embodying in a single implement a nail and staple-puller, pinchers, nail-straightener, and wire-cutters, the device being more particularly designed for use in constructing, taking down, and resetting wire fencing" (lines 7-12).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Beazley, James Harvey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Bench Hook. (open access)

Adjustable Bench Hook.

Patent for a new and improved bench hook. This design "consists in a bench-hook constructed with a plate carrying a sliding bar, to which is adjustably secured a hook. The sliding bar and hook are locked in place by a clamp and cam attached to the plate, and the plate and its attachments are locked to the bench-front by a stationary lug attached to the plate, and a moveable lug attached to a lever pivoted to the said plate and locked in place by a cam, so that the said hook can be readily adjusted upward, downward, forward, and backward" (lines 20-30).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Cooper, Harry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anti Friction Journal. (open access)

Anti Friction Journal.

Patent for a new and improved anti-friction journal. This design "relates to anti-friction devices adapted especially for hoisting pulleys; and it has for its object to provide a device in which the shaft or axis of the main hoisting-pulley shall be supported or mounted upon the peripheries of wheels of a considerable diameter as compared with that of the hoisting-pulley, whereby the friction may be lessened to the greatest possible extent" (lines 24-32).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Taylor, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boot and Shoe Box. (open access)

Boot and Shoe Box.

Patent for a new and improved shoe box. This design "has relation to store-boxes for boots and shoes, designed to open automatically when drawn forward, and to close automatically when pushed back into place on the shelf or on the floor; and the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a swinging hanger pivoted to a bearing above the box, and a slideway secured to the cover, which is hinged to the back of the box" (lines 18-27).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Cook, Emmanuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Press. (open access)

Cotton-Baling Press.

Patent for "an improved construction of hydraulic baling-presses, whereby it is designed to provide simple and more durable and reliable presses of this kind than any now in use" (lines 8-12).
Date: July 29, 1884
Creator: Baumgarten, Christian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History