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Insect Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design calls for a box to be placed over the mouth of an anthill, whereupon one expects the ants to enter a hole, climb an incline, and slip down a pair of glass pieces that lower the ants into an inescapable chamber. This design is cheaper and easier to make than previous ant traps.
Date:
May 24, 1881
Creator:
Blackwood, Curtis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow, Harrow, and Cultivator.
Patent for improvement in the construction of combined plows, harrows, and cultivators.
Date:
May 2, 1882
Creator:
Moss, John Carlton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Provision Safe.
Patent for a new and improved safe. This design "provide[s] a household safe that will prevent rats and mice from gaining access thereto, and at the same time allow a ready handling of the articles contained in it; and the novelty consists in the construction of the same," utilizing jointed covers, spring-locks, metallic bottoms, caster-rollers, and a clasp (lines 11-15).
Date:
May 23, 1882
Creator:
Sykes, Robert R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the bevel-end lap-joint top rails connected to and supported by the posts, the pendent panels consisting of series of horizontal rails interwoven in wire slings connected to the top rails, and links connecting the lower parts of the panels and the intermediate posts" (lines 20-27).
Date:
May 8, 1883
Creator:
Sevier, Moses Nimrod
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Knife.
Patent for a new and improved hay knife. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the forked frame, the lever pivoted thereto, slotted at one end and carrying at the other end a cutting-blade working through bearings in the fork, the crank pivoted to the frame and engaging the slot of the lever, and the pressure-head or cross-bar connected to the outer end of the frame" (lines 18-26).
Date:
May 29, 1883
Creator:
Moss, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Corn and Cotton Stalk Cutters" (lines 5-7). It includes a description and an illustration. The construction of this stalk cutter is "adapted to be driven across the field in the direction of the rows of corn, and the knives may be adjusted to operate on rows of different widths or at different depths, so as to leave only a small stubble in passing over the field" (lines 73-78).
Date:
May 20, 1884
Creator:
Brown, Azariah R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 1, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 2, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 2, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 3, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 136, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 4, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 5, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 5, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 138, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 6, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 6, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 139, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 8, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 8, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 140, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 9, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 9, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 141, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 10, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 10, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 142, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 11, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 143, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 12, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 12, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 144, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 13, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 13, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 15, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 15, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 146, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 16, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 147, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 17, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 148, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 18, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 149, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 19, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 19, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 150, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 20, 1888
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History