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Blue Jays Whip A Cat.

Saturday, June 12, 2010
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, June 29, 1907

Birds Rout Predatory Feline Which Attacks Their Nest.      Residents of Fayette place, Taupton,Mass., recently witnessed a remarkable battle between “Rags,” a coon cat owned by Mrs. James Brown, and two blue Jays. The jays were the aggressors and the victors.      Attracted by the scolding of the jays, the residents saw “Rags” sitting on […]

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A Pet Wolf’s Freaks.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, May 11, 1878

     A remarkable wolf-story is that told by Mr. Christ Pahl, of Buffalo Township. He brought a wolf’s skull into the country Auditor’s office, and said he had prepared it for the zoological cabinet in the Academy. He stated that the wolf was captured when a cub, had been raised at his house with a […]

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Dies From A Cats Bite.

Friday, April 30, 2010
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, May 1, 1903

Published in The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 5/1/1903. Mrs. Maria Parr of South Bartonville died at the Cotage hospital in Peoria as the result of a cat’s bite. Two weeks before her pet lacerated her hand while at play. She immediately was seized with hysteria and at the end of four days acute […]

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Cats

Monday, March 1, 2010
Published in the The Waukegan Gazette on Saturday, September 29, 1860

Published in The Waukegan Gazette on September 29, 1860. Cats are in demand at Pike’s Peak, as mice are plenty, though rats are not known in this part of the country. Cats sell at a high price. Indians are said to be very fond of them, and have been known to give three or four […]

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