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Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a simple and efficient baling-press that has an improved press-box and plunger-operating power. The connections between the power and the plunger will be lighter and the feed-opening of the press-box will be closed automatically. The machine has a continuously-rotating operating wheel that allows for an easier way to engage and disengage the pitman.
Date: April 7, 1896
Creator: Franks, Lewis W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Medical Accounts Ledger] (open access)

[Medical Accounts Ledger]

Handwritten ledger containing a list of patients seen by Dr. Pound with an accounting for services and medications. Names are indexed at the front of the book.
Date: 1896/1898
Creator: Pound, Joseph
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1896
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The People's Era (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1896 (open access)

The People's Era (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1896

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 4, 1896
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Daily News. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 113, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 6, 1896 (open access)

San Marcos Daily News. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 113, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 6, 1896

Daily newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 6, 1896
Creator: Willett, J. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Daily News. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 2, 1896 (open access)

San Marcos Daily News. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 2, 1896

Daily newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 2, 1896
Creator: Willett, J. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1896 (open access)

The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1896

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 16, 1896
Creator: McNaughton, George A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Daily News. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 131, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 6, 1896 (open access)

San Marcos Daily News. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 131, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 6, 1896

Daily newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 6, 1896
Creator: Willett, J. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The People's Era (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1896 (open access)

The People's Era (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1896

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 20, 1896
Creator: Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Daily News. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 25, 1896 (open access)

San Marcos Daily News. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 25, 1896

Daily newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 25, 1896
Creator: Willett, J. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kyle 1896 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Kyle in Hays County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1896
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Marcos 1896 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of San Marcos in Hays County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1896
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Marcos 1896 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of San Marcos in Hays County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1896
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay-press where "the plunger or traverser is arranged in a suitable frame and is drawn toward its rearward position by means of a spring. rods are connected to the opposite sides of the plunger or traverser, and these are in turn connected to a cross-head, which in turn is connected with a pitman provided on its outer end with a hook that engages mechanism to give it a motion which imparts a reciprocating motion to the plunger" (lines 15-25).
Date: September 8, 1896
Creator: McIntosh, Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Loading and Weighing Device. (open access)

Cotton Loading and Weighing Device.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient cotton loading and weighing device for wagons. It can be easily put onto or removed from any wagon. This invention has a unique way of "clamping-loop or wire support by means of which the main inclined beam or support of the device is firmly and securely upheld and braced with relation to the tail-gate of a wagon with which said clamping frame or loop is adapted to engage" (lines 25-31).
Date: January 7, 1896
Creator: Paolucci, Henry Emanuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History