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The East Texas News. (Palestine, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1893 (open access)

The East Texas News. (Palestine, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1893

Weekly newspaper published in Palestine, Texas, which includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 11, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draw Bar for Locomotives. (open access)

Draw Bar for Locomotives.

Patent for a new and improved draw-bar for locomotives. This design consists, "with the frame of the locomotive and pilot mounted thereon, of the draw-bar connected to the frame, devices for locking and holding the draw-bar on the pilot, and a counter-weight for automatically elevating the draw-bar when released" (lines 97-102).
Date: August 16, 1892
Creator: Heidelberg, Samuel H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History