Schroeder Invention01
Waupaca
E.F. Schroeder Invents Trap
An All Metal Sure Kill Baitless Mouse Trap Sold on a Satisfaction Guaranteed plan
E.F. Schroeder, Waupaca town farmer, has applied for patent on an all metal mouse trap that is so constructed that on entering the first compartment the mouse closes the door behind him and on passing into the second chamber he opens the outside door to admit another unwary victim. The last step of the entrapped vermin is a plunge into a liquid solution of water and wood alcohol. Mr. Schroeder reports that no bait is used. It is the nature of the mouse to peep into every hole in sight, step in and investigate. To investigate Mr. Schroeder’s trap is certain death to any mouse. To trap from five to nine mice during one night is not unusual for one trap set near a pile of meal bags filled with ground oats, the feed which Mr. Mouse is most partial to.
This trap being all metal may easily be kept sanitary. Four such traps at different points about the farm buildings, will clear the farm of mice and dispense with use of cats that are the worst enemies of birds. A larger size trap may be constructed as a snare for rats.
We predict that very shortly this trap will be manufactured in large numbers.