Published in the The New York Gazette, New York, New York on Thursday, March 27, 1732
By a letter from Martha’s Vinyard of the 23rd of December, 1731, we have an Account, that a ship is arrived there, in 14 Weeks from Rotterdam where they took on board 150 People for Pennsylvania, and that above One Hundred of them died at sea through Hunger and Cold. That a Rat was sold […]
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, April 25, 1912
Manzanillo reports that a plague of mice has visited the fields in that section of Colima and almost destroyed the corn and rice crops. The rodents have gnawed away at a rate that alarmed the farmers and they have appealed to the authorities for some means to exterminate them. Whole fields of corn have been […]
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, May 8, 1850
My uncle William, who had learnt the whole process from Thomas, and always faithfully observed it, used to call it, in its intermediate state, an old soldier. A sailor deposits, or if there is such a word, [and if there is not, there ought not to be,] re-posits it in his tobacco-box. I have heard […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 29, 1910
Pleasant Bay In Cape Breton Reports Great Loss From Rodents. Halifax, Oct. 29.-Pleasant Bay, in the northern part of Cape Breton, is the scene of a great plague of mice. They have invaded the settlement and have destroyed the grain and field crops. As a result of their ravages, not more than seven bushels of […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, September 30, 1882
One night last week, at a late hour, a gentleman of this city, who, as a matter of habit, rarely retires before midnight, had occasion at that “witching hour” to attend to the furnace fire before retiring. The wind was blowing almost a gale, and the rain was pouring down in torrents, and the night […]
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, March 9, 1894
A Scotchman, who evidently as patient as he is ingenious, has trained two little mice to spin thread with an apparatus of which he is the inventor. The mechanical principle of the contrivance is a small mill, which is operated by the paws of the mice. They can each wind on and off per day […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 7, 1877
Yesterday afternoon the writer witnessed a strange sight in the record office. Our attention was attracted by several lusty squeaks from the inside of a pail, almost full of water into which a half-grown mouse had fallen. The alarm had hardly died away before four or five more mice appeared on the scene, and began […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, November 23, 1875
    There is a cage containing four white mice at the Delta saloon, Virginia, which are quite a study. After seeing their maneuvers for an hour or two, one is not, at all surprised at the racket made by mice generally, for during the early part of the evening they take constant and violent exercise. […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 20, 1866
    The latest farmers’ visitation in Central Ohio is an increase in the field mice, which have never before been seen in such numbers. They are very destructive to the orchards, and it is estimated that over 5,000 trees have been ruined.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, April 11, 1857
To catch mice, says squash, place sweet-meats in your mouth on going to bed, and keep your mouth open. When you feel the whiskers of the mouse, instantly bite.