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Made Noise Like A Bear.

Saturday, June 12, 2010
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, June 20, 1907

Snoring Oskaloosan Slain by Hunters in His Sleep.      Richard Harding’s wife often complained that Richard snored “something dreadful,” but he outdid himself recently and got killed for doing it.      Richard had been sitting in the backroom of the village drug store at Oskaloosa, Ia., taking a few sips of something to cure his […]

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A Grand Hunt.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Friday, April 27, 1877

  Reading [Pa.] Eagle.      Bradford is now one of the largest and most populous counties in Pennsylvania. The Bucks are a ruling family here. When the Buck’s, the grandfathers of the present generation, came here the place was literally a howling wilderness. Wolves in great droves hunted almost every other living thing.      About […]

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Two Remarkable Women.

Saturday, April 24, 2010
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune on Sunday, June 11, 1876

  The Philadelphia Times describes a couple of remarkable women who are connected with the centennial Exhibition. One of these is Miss Emma Allison, of Ontario, who has the entire charge of the Baxter portable engine of six-horse power. She is by no means a soot-be-grimed and oil-covered amazon, but, on the contrary, of neat, […]

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Almost Eaten By A Bear-Roe, The Famous Hunter Meets With Misadventure.

Saturday, April 24, 2010
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, June 5, 1880

Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune on 06/05/1880. Helena [M. T.] Independent.      On Saturday, the 8th last., Hannibal Roe, the best known hunter in Montana, met with an adventure which maimed him for life. He had gone up the Little Prickly Pear to Wolf Creek Station, and with his gun in good condition, he […]

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Elephant Saves a Child’s Life

Monday, March 1, 2010
Published in the The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, April 24, 1896

Published by The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on April 24, 1896.      Bessie Rooney, the 10-year-old sister of Michael Rooney, the bareback rider, was about to be hugged to death by a bear the other day at Tattersall’s circus in Chicago, when Babylon, one of Ringling Brothers’ big elephants, knocked the brute down and […]

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