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[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 10 1887] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 10 1887]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of eleven dollars and seventy cents for the year 1887.
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: Morris, B.W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Payment Receipt for Milton Parks] (open access)

[Hood County Payment Receipt for Milton Parks]

Hood County Payment Receipt for Milton Parks for the amount of ninety-three dollars and fifty nine cents. The document required Parks to pay one-hundred and eighty-two dollars by November 1, 1886. The document is dated July 13, 1886.
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 346, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 13, 1887 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 346, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 13, 1887

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 363, Ed. 1, Monday, July 13, 1885 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 363, Ed. 1, Monday, July 13, 1885

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 275, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 13, 1889 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 275, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 13, 1889

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 190, Ed. 1, Sunday, July 13, 1884 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 190, Ed. 1, Sunday, July 13, 1884

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 348, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 13, 1886 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 348, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 13, 1886

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 178, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 13, 1882 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 178, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 13, 1882

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 226, Ed. 1, Sunday, July 13, 1884 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 226, Ed. 1, Sunday, July 13, 1884

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 178, Ed. 1, Friday, July 13, 1883 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 178, Ed. 1, Friday, July 13, 1883

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 194, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 13, 1886 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 194, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 13, 1886

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 214, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 13, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 214, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 13, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 187, Ed. 1, Friday, July 13, 1883 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 187, Ed. 1, Friday, July 13, 1883

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 198, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 13, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 198, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 13, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 150, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 13, 1886 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 150, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 13, 1886

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 88, Ed. 1, Friday, July 13, 1883 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 88, Ed. 1, Friday, July 13, 1883

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 164, Ed. 1, Monday, July 13, 1885 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 164, Ed. 1, Monday, July 13, 1885

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
BED-BOTTOM (open access)

BED-BOTTOM

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in bed bottoms". The bed bottom fits any bedstead and it is cheap, portable, and durable.
Date: July 13, 1880
Creator: Pafford, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ICE. (open access)

APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ICE.

Patent for "a new and improved Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice" (lines 3-4)
Date: July 13, 1880
Creator: Zilker, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrel Truck. (open access)

Barrel Truck.

Patent for a new and improved barrel cart. This design "is to provide an improved barrel rack or truck which can be conveniently and easily loaded and transported from place to place; to provide means for assisting in loading the barrel or receptacle on the truck and for retaining the same on the truck against danger of accidental displacement while the truck and its contents are being moved or transported, and to provide an improved truck which shall be very simple, strong, and durable in construction, thoroughly effective in operation, and cheap and inexpensive of manufacture" (lines 14-26).
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: Williams, William Preston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad-cars. This design consists in "an ordinary draw-head provided with the usual pin-and-link coupling [that] can be readily and cheaply adapted for use as an automatic coupling. The invention consists in the combination, with a slotted draw-head and a coupling-pin swinging therein and provided with pivotal supports or trunnions, of a vertically-projecting and axially-rotatable guide loop or staple arranged on each side of the pin-slot and adapted to hold the pin from being jolted out of the draw-head, and to permit its withdrawal" (lines 9-20).
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: Garrett, Jackson B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treasure Box. (open access)

Treasure Box.

Patent for a new and improved lock-box. This design "is provided with means for giving an alarm when an attempt is made to enter the same; and it also has a device for clamping it to the berth or other part of the apartment in which the traveler lodges, so that when the alarm sounds he [or she] is awakened, and thus notified at an attempt at robbery. The device is especially adapted to be clamped to the inner-face of a bed-rail, adjacent to the mattress thereof, so that it cannot be reached without awakening the traveler" (lines 21-31).
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: Hayes, Elbert Newton & Sauer, Venant August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car. (open access)

Stock Car.

Patent for a new and improved boxcar. This design "is an improvement in movable transverse partitions for stock-cars, which are employed for separating the animals by individuals or groups. It is more particularly an improvement on such partitions as are suspended by sliding loop-hinges from a horizontal rod, and provided at the bottom with feet that enter sockets in the floor of the car, whereby the partitions are adapted to be fastened or released by a vertical movement" (lines 9-19).
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: Pierce, Jonathan E. & Pryor, David C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Running-Gear for Wagons (open access)

Running-Gear for Wagons

Patent for a new and improved wagon coupling. The invention is related to "king-bolts and coupling devices that connect the forward axle of wagons, carriages, and other vehicles." (lines 8-9)
Date: July 13, 1880
Creator: Fowler, Joseph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History