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Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 309, Ed. 1, Monday, August 18, 1890 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 309, Ed. 1, Monday, August 18, 1890

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 2528, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1890 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 2528, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1890

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1890
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 111, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1890 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 111, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1890

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Testimonial for James E. Thompson by M. Arden Messiter] (open access)

[Testimonial for James E. Thompson by M. Arden Messiter]

Testimonial written by Frank S. Goulder, recommending James E. Thompson for the position of House Surgeon.
Date: August 18, 1890
Creator: Messiter, M. Arden
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Stop. (open access)

Blind-Stop.

Patent for improvements in blind-slat adjusters and locks by providing a plate to secure the cross-stile of the blind; in which the plate having a slotted right-angled portion. “A bar pivoted to the slat-rod and having its lower end bent at the right angle, a screw passed through the slat and provided with a handle. (Lines 96-99) “When the handle is turned to the left, the slats can be adjusted into any desired position, and when in their adjusted position all that it is necessary to do is to turn the handle to the right which binds the parts together and holds the slats against movement.” (Lines 82-87) Illustration is included.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Roll, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvements in car-couplings known as “automatic” by providing actuate means to “throw the pin downward and locks the link in a horizontal position.” (Lines 24-25) For uncoupling the cars from either the top or either side of the car; “a spring-actuated device is provided for keeping the link in a horizontal position with a yielding force.” (Lines 27-29) Illustration is included.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Cole, Henry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Handle and Spring-Catch. (open access)

Detachable Handle and Spring-Catch.

Patent for improvements in detachable handles and spring-catches for valises, satchels, traveling-bags, and the like in which a handle “may be readily detached from the valise, and devices for automatically engaging and locking the handle to the valise when the handle is replaced.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Epstein, George B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 247, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 247, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 307, Ed. 1, Tuesday, August 18, 1891 (open access)

Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 307, Ed. 1, Tuesday, August 18, 1891

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 2836, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 2836, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 268, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891 (open access)

The Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 268, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 147, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 147, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game-Table. (open access)

Game-Table.

Patent for improvement in game-table in which it provided with a table similar in construction to the ordinary billiard-table. “A series of spring-pressed levers fulcrumed in the lower end of a casing and each provided at its upper end with a hook and at its lower end with a ball extending over the floor of the table.” (P. 2, lines 67-71) This game is played by using one or more balls to strike a series of balls that are arranged along the bottom of a casing, causing the levers to disengaged the rods, therefore revealing a card through an opening formed in the front of the casing. Illustration is included.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Patillo, John P. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma City Times-Journal (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 275, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891 (open access)

Oklahoma City Times-Journal (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 275, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Brown, E. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Paper-File. (open access)

Paper-File.

Patent for improvements in paper-files by using a "combination of a base board and a clamp provided with a jaw, a presser-foot provided with a bearing, a crank-shaft journaled in the bearing with its cranked portion under the clamp, and a hinged support or flap under the presser-foot." (Lines 75-80, p. 2) Papers can be held in position or remove by the raising or lowering the presser-foot. Illustration is included.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Clopton, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 186, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891 (open access)

El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 186, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in reversible plows: "The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of reversible plows and enable them to be adjusted to any desired depth" (lines 9-12).
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: McKay, Robert B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soap-Making Apparatus. (open access)

Soap-Making Apparatus.

Patent for improvements in soap-making apparatus by using the “same frames to mix the ingredients and in cooling the prepared mass, thus obviating the necessity of the removal of the mixed mass from the mixing-frame to a cooling-frame.” (Lines 11-15) Illustration
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Grant, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892 (open access)

The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bellville Wochenblatt. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892 (open access)

Bellville Wochenblatt. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892

Weekly German-language newspaper from Bellville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1892
Creator: Trenckmann, William Andreas
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coleman Voice. (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892 (open access)

Coleman Voice. (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Coleman, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1892
Creator: Tucker, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 18, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 18, 1892

Daily (except Sunday) newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1892
Creator: Wheeler, Jesse O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 215, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 215, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History