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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
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 180, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 18, 1894 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 180, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 18, 1894

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 180, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1893 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 180, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1893

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 198, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1898 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 198, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1898

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 211, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1896 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 211, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1896

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 181, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 181, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 18, 1891

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, 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
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 177, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1890 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 177, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1890

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, 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
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 182, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 182, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1892

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, 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
San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 210, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 18, 1897 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 210, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 18, 1897

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
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
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
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1899 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1899

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Air-Hose Coupling and Stop-Valve. (open access)

Combined Air-Hose Coupling and Stop-Valve.

Patent for a combined air-hose coupling and stop-valve. One must shut off the cut-off valve before the coupling can be disconnected. When the valve is closed, air pressure is balanced so the couplings can be safely disconnected, and prevents dirt from getting into the train-pipe.
Date: August 18, 1896
Creator: Heidelburg, Samuel R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cigar-Clipper and Match-Box. (open access)

Combined Cigar-Clipper and Match-Box.

Patent for a combined cigar-clipper and match-box "in which the matches will be delivered with a regular feed, so that it will be highly inconvenient for persons to carry away more than one or two matches" (lines 10-13).
Date: August 18, 1896
Creator: Campo, Ysidro Del
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History