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The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1881 (open access)

The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 5, 1881
Creator: Hill, Joe W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 12, 1881 (open access)

The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 12, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 12, 1881
Creator: Hill, Joe W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 16, 1881 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 16, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: November 16, 1881
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 9, 1881 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 9, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: November 9, 1881
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 30, 1881 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 30, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: November 30, 1881
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 1881 (open access)

The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 26, 1881
Creator: Hill, Joe W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 19, 1881 (open access)

The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 19, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 19, 1881
Creator: Hill, Joe W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1881 (open access)

Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 25, 1881
Creator: Graves, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1881 (open access)

Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 4, 1881
Creator: Graves, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1881 (open access)

Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 18, 1881
Creator: Graves, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1881 (open access)

Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 11, 1881
Creator: Graves, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Scraper. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists in "the combination of a central beam having a slot at its rear end and a hook at its front end, the laterally-adjustable bars connected with said beam, the scraper-standards pivoted to the adjustable bars, the front clevis for the beam, and rear yoke or support having a transverse pin, and the suspension-chains with a supporting-frame" (lines 101-108).
Date: November 1, 1881
Creator: McCaskill, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Wheel. (open access)

Carriage Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved carriage wheel. This design "consists in so constructing a carriage-wheel that the members thereof may be made interchangeable, and the whole may be made in a factory and shipped thence 'knocked down,' to be assembled and put together at any point to which the same may be shipped, not requiring, as is usual, the aid of a blacksmith or other skilled laborer" (lines 8-15).
Date: November 8, 1881
Creator: Clarke, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cylindrical Power. (open access)

Automatic Cylindrical Power.

Patent for a new and improved cylindrical power-source. This design "consists in the combination of a cylindrical slotted frame with a series of blades which are connected together in pairs, and which are alternately forced through the slots in the frame to receive the force of the wind or water and then retracted, so that they will offer no resistance during a portion of the revolution of the frame. . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a motor which is adapted for use either as a wind-wheel or a water-wheel" (lines 13-27).
Date: November 15, 1881
Creator: Hutchinson, Thomas E.
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, [primarily], of certain devices whereby the coupling-pin raised in the draw-head is supported until the draw-heads strike each other in coupling, when the coupling-pin falls by gravity" (lines 17-21).
Date: November 15, 1881
Creator: Thomason, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap. (open access)

Ant Trap.

Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design calls for a tank of water to be buried in the ground and a collar of cheap material to be attached to the tank and placed over the mouth of an anthill. The concave nature of the collar prevents ants from climbing out of it, so they are forced into the water tank, where they drown; the design is cheaper and less toxic than previous designs.
Date: November 22, 1881
Creator: Arnett, Sandridge Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Timber, Railway Ties, &c. (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Timber, Railway Ties, &c.

Patent for a new and improved apparatus for treating and preserving. This design "insure[s] the complete and perfect treatment or impregnation of timber of varying hardness and density, and to provide a portable organization of apparatus by which timber at various points or stations along the line of a railroad can be treated with great facility, efficiency, and economy" (lines 12-19).
Date: November 22, 1881
Creator: Kreuter, Hugh E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bench Plane. (open access)

Bench Plane.

Patent for a new and improved bench plane. This design "consists in a stirrup pivoted to the sides of the plane in such a manner that the traverse piece of the stirrup passes through a transverse groove in the under surface of the plane, this groove increasing in height toward the rear of the plane, so that when the plane is drawn backward it will be slightly raised by this stirrup, so that the cutting-edge of the plane-iron cannot slide on the board being planed" (lines 10-19).
Date: November 22, 1881
Creator: Sawyer, George Frederic
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 281, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1881 (open access)

The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 281, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 3, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 281, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 10, 1881 (open access)

The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 281, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 10, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1881 (open access)

The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 17, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1881 (open access)

The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 24, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 289, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 1, 1881 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 289, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 1, 1881

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 1, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 290, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 2, 1881 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 290, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 2, 1881

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 2, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History