Ant Trap. (open access)

Ant Trap.

Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "consists in a frame which is adapted to be placed over the ant-hill, so as to surround the entrance thereto, and provided with parallel surrounding flanges or sides which converge to each other and lead to an exit-spout . . . [and] is to provide an ant-trap which is adapted to catch the ants both on their attempt to leave the hill or to return to it, whereby the entire colony may be exterminated" (lines 9-21).
Date: January 4, 1887
Creator: Wise, David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 103, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 8, 1887 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 103, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 8, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 8, 1887
Creator: Forster, William & Mode, J. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 104, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1887 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 104, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 1887
Creator: Forster, William & Mode, J. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 105, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 22, 1887 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 105, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 22, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 1887
Creator: Forster, William & Mode, J. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 106, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 29, 1887 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 106, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 29, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 29, 1887
Creator: Forster, William & Mode, J. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 154, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 7, 1888 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 154, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 7, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 7, 1888
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 155, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 14, 1888 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 155, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 14, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 14, 1888
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 156, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 21, 1888 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 156, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 21, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1888
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 157, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 28, 1888 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 157, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 28, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 28, 1888
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 204, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1889 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 204, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 5, 1889
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 205, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 12, 1889 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 205, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 12, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 12, 1889
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 206, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1889 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 206, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 19, 1889
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 207, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1889 (open access)

Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 207, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 26, 1889
Creator: Forster, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Stretching and Removing Fence Wires. (open access)

Machine for Stretching and Removing Fence Wires.

Patent for a new and improved machine for stretching and removing fence wires. This design "is to provide a simple, effective, and inexpensive machine for stretching the wires of fences along the fence-posts, and straining the wires taut while they are being fastened to the posts, and also for removing the wires from the posts when required, as in removing or resetting a fence" (lines 8-14).
Date: January 8, 1884
Creator: Killough, John N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History