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The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1, Tuesday, August 2, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1, Tuesday, August 2, 1892

Daily (except Sunday) newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Wheeler, Jesse O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster. (open access)

Caster.

Patent for a new and improved caster. This design consists in "the combination of a caster having an elongated stem provided with upper and lower annular supporting-shoulders, a poison-receptacle having a central opening in its bottom to receive the stem and provided with a central vertical tube having a top provided with an opening receiving the stem, said receptacle being supported by the lower shoulder, and a concavo-convex shield supported by the upper shoulder and arranged over the mouth of the receptacle and provided with a filling-orifice and having a pivoted cover" (lines 82-93).
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Gordon, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Board. (open access)

Ironing Board.

Patent for a new and improved ironing-board. This design "is to provide a simple and inexpensive ironing-table adapted to be readily attached to the edge of a table or to a cleat on the wall and capable of being adjusted vertically to accommodate itself to the height of the table or other support" (lines 10-15). It consists in "[a]n ironing-table comprising an ironing-board provided at its rear end with parallel slots . . . the ribs secured to the lower face of the ironing-board and forming grooves or ways, a prop or leg composed of parallel bars adapted to fold in said grooves or ways" (lines 68-73).
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Chapin, Frederick N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Listing-Plow (open access)

Listing-Plow

Patent for a new listing plow that is "cheap and simple construction and readily adjustable to form wide or narrow beds and to be used in bedding of cotton or corn" (lines 11-13).
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Leatherwood, Calvin Nathaniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch. (open access)

Gate Latch.

Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design is "so constructed as to permit of its ready adjustment to different gates, and also its adjustment, as may be required, subsequent to its attachment to the gate, without necessitating its removal" (lines 20-24). It "compris[es] the latch-bar having therein a longitudinal slot, the arm connected to the intermediate portion of said bar by a bolt or pin passing adjustably through said slot, said arm being curved forwardly at its upper portion, and a transverse handle-bar rigidly secured to the upper end of said arm" (lines 84-91).
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Fox, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Harvester-Reels (open access)

Mechanism for Harvester-Reels

Patent for change to harvester reels so that the "reel can be moved to any desired position and by which, also, to support the reel after it has been moved into the desired position" (lines 9-12).
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma Daily Times--Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 42, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892 (open access)

Oklahoma Daily Times--Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 42, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Burke, J. J. & Brown, E. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 131, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 131, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 201, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 201, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 177, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892 (open access)

El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 177, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 3142, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 3142, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 218, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 218, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson, August 2, 1892] (open access)

[Letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson, August 2, 1892]

Photocopy of a letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson inviting J. T. to a grape tasting at T. V. and Nellie's home on August 3 at 5pm. The letter is on the letterhead of the Office of T. V. Munson's Denison Nurseries.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson, August 2, 1892] (open access)

[Letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson, August 2, 1892]

Photocopy of a letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson inviting J. T. to a 'grape-tasting' at his home on August 3, 1892.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.), Vol. 8, No. 309, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892 (open access)

Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.), Vol. 8, No. 309, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892

Daily newspaper from Texarkana, Arkansas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 168, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 168, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History