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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
Weather-Strip. (open access)

Weather-Strip.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and improved weather strip that "will be operated by the opening and closing of the door, and which will not interfere with carpets, and which will when the door is closed effectually exclude wind, rain, dust and the like" (lines 12-16).
Date: July 4, 1893
Creator: Bradford, McDuffee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for improvements in cotton choppers in which “when the machine progresses over the field, the plows or cultivators will stir and agitate the soil and the rotary cutting-hoes will chop out the plants, leaving the stands of cotton any desired distance apart, which may be regulated by so arranging the gearing as to cause the chopping-hoes to be rotated more or less rapidly.” (Page 2, lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date: August 4, 1891
Creator: Baugh, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Tightener. (open access)

Wire Fence Tightener.

Patent for certain improvement in a wire-fence tightening device.
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Gililland, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Pipeline laid in lake] (open access)

[News Script: Pipeline laid in lake]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gas pipeline being laid across Eagle Mountain Lake.
Date: April 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cotton-Loader. (open access)

Cotton-Loader.

Patent for “improvements in apparatus for loading cotton bales (either gin or compress) onto box cars, especially with a view of utilizing the head room or space usually left unoccupied between the roof of the car and the bales stacked on the floor in the prevailing practice of loading cars” (lines 36-42) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Newell, Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Newark marker] (open access)

[News Script: Newark marker]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: November 4, 1967
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cop] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cop]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 4, 1980, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Teepee] captions transcript

[News Clip: Teepee]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 4, 1980, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cop] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cop]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 4, 1980, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Paradise Woman Killed] (open access)

[News Script: Paradise Woman Killed]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: July 4, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Today in Texas] (open access)

[News Script: Today in Texas]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: July 4, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shannon runs for Water Board] (open access)

[News Script: Shannon runs for Water Board]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 4, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bridgeport] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bridgeport]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 4, 1981
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1903 (open access)

The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1903

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 4, 1903
Creator: Tyler, L. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1902 (open access)

The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 4, 1902
Creator: Tyler, L. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, October 4, 1901 (open access)

The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, October 4, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 4, 1901
Creator: Tyler, L. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1900 (open access)

The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 4, 1900
Creator: Tyler, L. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1903 (open access)

The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1903

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 4, 1903
Creator: Tyler, L. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1902 (open access)

The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 4, 1902
Creator: Tyler, L. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Decatur News (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. [53], No. [38], Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 1934 (open access)

The Decatur News (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. [53], No. [38], Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 1934

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 4, 1934
Creator: Tyler, L. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Decatur News (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1931 (open access)

The Decatur News (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1931

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 4, 1931
Creator: Tyler, L. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Decatur News (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1934 (open access)

The Decatur News (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1934

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 4, 1934
Creator: Tyler, L. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Decatur News (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1923 (open access)

The Decatur News (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1923

Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 4, 1923
Creator: Tyler, L. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History