Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, April 26, 1906
For swinging a monkey round his head by its tail, George Brown, a showman, was sentenced to twenty-eight days imprisonment in Liverpool.
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, June 25, 1841
During a series of meetings in New York city, one of the delegates from the Baltimore Temperance Society related the following:-[We copy from the American Temperance Union.]-Weekly Message. Mr. Pollard concluded the meeting. He said he was a kind of an old Butcher to bring up the rear. In his drinking days, he was the […]
Monday, September 17, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinpos on Saturday, December 8, 1877
Our first pet was a monkey, bearing the not uncommon name of “Jocko.” He was a small creature, very scantily provided with hair, very ugly, but so intelligent that his appearance was voted to be beneath consideration. The little thing was sent to us when quite young, and as he grew, surrounded by children, he […]
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 17, 1878
Walking carelessly through their haunts I strewed some grain upon a suitable place, on which I dug with my knife a few round holes about four inches deep. Coming back to the spot in half an hour, I dropped grain into each hole, and left a noose round one of them, concealed with earth. The […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, July 8, 1898
A Fourth of July Celebration Which Ended in Disaster.     “That billygoat the boys had for a mascot on the New York,” remarked the  paymaster’s clerk, “suggests a monkey’ that my father used to tell me about that they had on a frigate in the times before the war. This momkey the sailors had picked […]
Friday, February 17, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 7, 1859
    The cook of a French nobleman whose chateau was in the south of France, had a monkey, which was allowed the free range of the kitchen, and which was so intelligent, that by pretty severe training its natural propensity to mischief had been subdued, and was even taught to perform certain useful services, such […]
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazete, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 8, 1879
    One of the best stories we have seen is contained in London Nature. A brave, active, intelligent terrier, belonging to a lady, one day discovered a monkey belonging to an itinerant organ-grinder, seated upon a bank within the grounds, and at once made a dash for him. The monkey, who was attired in jacket […]
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Thursday, February 16, 1826
In one of the Balearic Islands there dwelt a retired general of France, or rather one who was induced to leave his native soil by the revolutionary proceedings in 1790. His fortune was small, his pursuits confined, and his acquaintance limited; he was remarkably fond of animals and had a great faculty in taming them: […]
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, April 21, 1905
 Soldiers, Lost In Jungle, Are Forced To That Fare. United States Cavalrymen Subsist forNineteen Days Upon Flesh of Simians.     Lost in the jungles of Mindanao, a troop of United States cavalry subsisted for nineteen days on the flesh of monkeys. The troopers were finally found by a scouting party sent in search of […]
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, July 26, 1901
    Monkeys big and little in an indiscriminate fight demanded the attention of the keepers of the zoo the other afternoon, and it required half an hour before the combatants could be seperated. A piece of a juicy apple was responsible for the trouble, and while the fight went on a sly ape sat in […]