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Plumb-Level.

Description: Patent for a modified and improved plumb-levels that allow for consistent and accurate readings, as well as the ability for the level to adjust after being harmed.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Rutledge, Caleb C.

Wire-Stretcher

Description: Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: Smith, Otis M. L. & Smith, Estus K.

Wire Fence Tightener.

Description: Patent for certain improvement in a wire-fence tightening device.
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Gililland, John S.

Track and CarrIage for Swing-Scaffolds.

Description: Patent for a track and carriage for swing scaffolds used by painters that can move horizontally across a house without taking down the scaffold and has adjustable lengths.
Date: January 7, 1908
Creator: Kersey, Richard

Ant Trap.

Description: 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

Machine for Stretching and Removing Fence Wires.

Description: 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.

Straw Cutter

Description: Patent for a rectangular box with attached heavy blade for cutting straw.
Date: January 31, 1893
Creator: Ross, George. W. & Winebrener, John A.

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists in "the combination, with the axle and the wheels, provided with the sleeves, one of which is provided with the spur-wheel of the reach bar secured to the axle, the sleeve mounted on the said bar and provided with the pinion, the arms secured to the sleeve, the curved rods adjustably secured to the arm, and the blades secured to outer ends of the said rods" (lines 8-17).
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Jordan, Perry L.
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