Friday, September 17, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, April 8, 1898
The is a certain cat of clerical associations and impeccable social standing who swims like a fish, and what is more, appears to enjoy it like any duckling. A Pug dog in the family seems to think the performance unnatural, and whenever the cat goes down to take his bath the pug follows, showing every […]
Friday, September 17, 2010
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, June 2, 1905
    While the infant child of Preston MeIimaine of Evansville, Ind., was sleeping in its crib a large house cat leaped upon its breast and badly lacerated its face. Several large holes were torn in the cheeks of the child, and it lived but a short time. It is supposed the cat had hydrophobia.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, March 2, 1906
C. P. Fisher, is Victim of Ferocious Onslaught of House Cat Which Turns upon Him While being Petted. Wounds May Result Seriously. Â Â Â Â C. P. Fisher, Libertyville’s veteran mason contractor, was the victim of a most unusual occurrence the first of the week the family cat attacking and biting him in such a manner that the […]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, July 2, 1919
Case where Black Cat “Rides the Bumpers’ Like An Oldtime “Weary Willie.” Â Â Â Â There are many kinds of Vagrants but John Bain of the Northwestern railroad claims to have discovered a novelty in the way of bumper riders. Â Â Â Â “While I was waiting for the 5:10 to pull out of the Northwestern terminal Monday night […]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, February 15, 1918
    The cases in which cats and dogs have formed close friendly relations are, of course, too numerous to mention. It really seems as if there were no animal friendship so strong and lasting as that between cats and dogs when once it is formed. It is well known that mother cats when deprived of […]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, May 12, 1919
    A cat has been in the habit of sleeping on a rubber mat under a dynamo in Cleveland’s power house. Somebody removed the mat and the cat slept on an iron plate. It didn’t seem to hurt the cat, but her fur became so charged with electricity that ever since it has stood stiff […]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, June 13, 1874
    An exciting contest was witnessed in the Court House yard, on Friday last, between a cat and some robins, that is worth chronicling. A robin had a nest under the north stoop of the Court House, and on Friday her brood of young robins made their first attempt to fly. As one poor, halffledged bird […]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 1, 1874
 [From the Detroit Free Press.]     Mrs. A. Rice, who keeps a boardinghouse on Randolph street, near Hotel Erichsen, has a cat which through her marvelous intelligence and instinctive prognostications has became a valuable acquisition to the household as well as the pet of all the boarders. At different times within a year, through […]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, August 2, 1918
While Watching for rats, They Frighten Away Hawks-Are Broken From Killing Little Ones. Â Â Â Â Did you know that cats are a valuable asset to the poultryman? You might believe that they were anything but invaluable because of their innate love for fresh meats. But sweeter than baby chicks to the palate of the cat are […]
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Wednesday, June 23, 1909
    Clarence, a cat, has broken up a home in Cincinnati, according to the records. Not a cat home-that wouldn’t amount to a great deal-but a real, sure-enough home where people lived.     In a cross-petition in a divorce case filed recently in Cincinnatti, the husband alleged that all of his troubles of the household […]