Saturday, September 20, 2014
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, July 12, 1898
How a Well Known Ravine in Texas Got it’s Name. A Herd of 15,000 Cattle Stampeded at Night and Before They Were Stopped 2,700 of Them Were Killed-Costly Blunder Made by a Cowboy. One of the most desperate stampedes of cattle ever witnessed by a Texas cowboy, says Rev. J. B. Cranfill of Waco, Texas, […]
If the cities of the plain, which now lie buried under the fatal waters of the Dead Sea, had more wickedness and abominations in them than New York, then they must have been wicked indeed. Some phases of life in this center of Western enlightenment would disgrace the bloodiest barbarism. Dens there are in New […]
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Monday, November 29, 1852
The first settlers in Maine found, beside its red faced owners, other and abundant sources of annoyment and danger. The majestic forests which then waved, where now is heard the hum of business, and where a thousand villages stand, were the homes of innumerable wild and savage animals. Often at night was the farmer’s family […]
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, January 19, 1850
Escape from sudden death. A few weeks ago a wealthy gentleman from St. Louis, whose life had been miserable by a live tapeworm in his stomach and bowels, visited this city for the purpose of consulting our most distinguished physicians. By the advice of a friend he placed himself in the hands of Dr. Aaron […]
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, June 5, 1850
The Michigan Farmer gives the following: A lady farmer said the meadow moles had annoyed them greatly, and destroyed two fine pear trees. She tried an experiment for them with success. Their subterranean was uncovered, and two cow’s horns, with the large ends from each other, placed in it, so that the moles coming either […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, April 7, 1909
Six Steamers Held Fast in Ice Since Twenty-First of March. St. Johns, N. F., April 7.-though the sealing season in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has not been an utter failure, St. Johns sealers have had a rough time. The catch totals about 136,500. Since March 31 the steamers Bellaventure, Bonaventure, Boethic, Virginia Lake, Adventure […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, September 17, 1898
The Strange Story Told in Scotland of the Remarkable Conduct of a Sea Animal. A gentleman residing in Broughty Ferry, who owns a yacht, took a run down the river the other day, accompanied by some friends, for the purpose of having a seal hunt, says the Edinburgh Dispatch. On the banks at the mouth […]
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, July 29, 1907
It is said that Americans are the greatest meat eaters in the world, despite the fact that they have the widest choice of vegetables. Statistics prove that $100,000,000 more is spent on meat than on vegetables each year in America.-What to Eat.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 25, 1832
Mrs. Hanson, the wife of Samuel B. Hanson, of this town, aged about 23 was found eight months since to be in a declining state of health, in consequence of what was considered a deranged state of the abdominal and thoracic viscera, originating from Leucorrhoea. The symptoms were such as to warrant the presumption, and […]
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Friday, August 20, 1841
An animal or fish answering the description of a mermaid, has just been carried into New York, from the river Amazon, where it was caught. It is now for exhibition in that city. A naturalist who examined it, says it is an exceedingly timid and inoffensive animal, and soon abandons places frequented by man. It […]