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An Errand Dog.

     In a town in Cumberland, England, a dog is in the habit of going to the co-operative store for groceries. It takes a basket in its mouth containing the money and book. When it enters it goes to everybody in the shop and knocks them with the basket until someone takes the money out […]

Do More Than Guard Sheep.

Dogs of Scotland Are Also the Companions and Protectors of the Crofter Children.      The sheepdogs of Scotland are guides and defenders not only of the sheep flocks, but also the children of the crofters. Were it not for these shaggy, intelligent fellows, born shepherds of the weak and defenseless, it would be unsafe for […]

Dog Makes 1,800 Mile Trip.

     A Newfoundland dog taken from Omaha to Portland, Ore., when his owners moved there a year ago, has returned to his old home. His blistered feet and shaggy coat are sufficient evidence that a large part of the 1,800 miles was covered on foot.

Dog.

     A noble Newfoundland dog once went with a mother and her child to the village. Soon after their arrival, the little girl was burned so severely as almost to produce convulsions. A physician, an absolute stranger, was summoned, under whose soothing remedies the girl was quieted and fell asleep, when the doctor took his […]

Dog Saves Little Mistress.

     An Albany dog dragged his 7-year-old mistress from a fire occasioned by a gasoline explosion, saving her life and summoning help by barking. All the hair on the dog’s back was burned off.

Mystery of a Dog.

  Animal spends several days in Well, People unable to Locate it.      The mystery of a dog’s bark and howl was solved this morning by Officer Adam Vogel and as a result the pet dog of the Osborne family is at home, probably eating to make up for what he lost during the past […]

Man And Beast In Combat; Man Wins By Twisting Brute’s Head From Body.

      Attacked by a monstrous tramp dog, streaming blood from four wounds inflicked by the cur’s teeth. Joe Kautenberg of Marion street this morning fought off the ferocious beast and finally twisted its head from its body, leaving the gory mess near the Forty Steps while he sought a physician to attend to his injuries. […]

A Dog Drives Team Alone.

Remarkable Spectacle Seen on Washington Street.      A remarkable spectacle was seen on Washington street near County last night at about 6:30, when a dog was observed to be driving a heavy work team along the street, evidently to the barn, sitting up straight in the front seat with the lines between his teeth, holding […]

Dogs Can See Ghosts.

       That dogs see ghosts may be indicated by the case reported to the Society For Psychical Research: Ayecroft Hall is celebrated in England as a haunted house. In it abides the gaunt phantasm of a woman, sometimes white, sometimes black. It disappears through doors and performs other surprising feats.      “The appearance of […]

Cuteness Of The Coyote.

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun on 12/17/1897. Dog Drawn Into Ambush-Tricks To Make Away With a Badger.      No cuter animal is found in the west than the coyote. The coyote is to the plainsman what a fox is to an Eastern farmer; only the coyote is more in evidence. Forest and Stream tells […]