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Fish, Frog, Toad Showers.

Friday, October 7, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, October 24, 1918

Infrequency of Such Events More to be wondered at Than Fact That They Occur. Probably the most remarkable thing about the many reported showers of such objects as fish, frogs, toads and the like is the skepticism with which the accounts of these occurrences are greeted. The wonder is, observes a writer, not that they […]

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Surprise Boxes in Shark Stomachs.

Thursday, September 29, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, September 6, 1912

     Fishermen in the Caribbean sea recently found in the stomach of a shark which they had killed a good sized bottle in which was a half-decipherable letter from a shipwrecked sailor. Many such relics have been found. In one case a lady’s bracelet was found in a state of perfect preservation, together with a […]

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The Catfish and Her Kittens.

Saturday, September 11, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 25, 1885

  [Havrs de Grace Republican.]      A Mr. Hubbard, a bay fisherman, says that late in the spring you will often see a school of about fifty small catfish, not more than a quarter of an inch in length, very near the shore, and if you look ten or twelve feet further out you will […]

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Dog-fishing.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 27, 1878

     A singular practice of fishing is found amongst the Chones Indians. They train dogs to aid them in fishing and the dog helps them in much the same way as the shepherd’s dog helps the shepherd.      The net is held by two men standing in the water, and the dogs, swimming out far […]

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Antiquity of Fishing.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, March 15, 1906

  The Art of Angling is as Old as the Human Race.      The art of angling no doubt had its origin in man’s necessities. The earliest record of mankind makes reference to the taking of fish for food. There are frequent allusions to it in the Bible. Job, in the oldest book of all, […]

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A Queer Contest.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Published in the The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, February 16, 1894

Published in The Lake County Independent on 02/16/1894. An Eagle, a Coyote and a Fish Get Mixed Up in a Lively Scrap.      A curious contest was witnessed by some Texas cowboys recently between a coyote, a catfish and an eagle. The fish was swimming downstream making his way through shallow water to deeper pools. […]

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How Chinese Catch Fish

Monday, March 1, 2010
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun on Friday, March 25, 1898

Waukegan Daily Sun Published: March 25, 1898 The drug used by the Chinese in catching fish is Coculus indicus, which is powdered and mixed with dough and scattered broadcast over the water after the manner of sowing seed. The fish seize and devour it with avidity and instantly become intoxicated and turn up by hundreds […]

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