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Terrier is Thief’s Aid

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on February 1, 1922.      A burglar arrested at Hampstead had in his possession a cage of rats. The police said that his method was to open a window, turn in a rat, and then set his terrier after it. If there were wires or other burglar […]

Destructive Fire At Moline

Published in The Waukegan Gazette on January 2, 1858      The village of Moline, on the Rock Island, R. R., was visited by a very destructive fire last week, making the second which has occured there within a month. The last fire destroyed about 25,000 worth of property, consisting of stores, offices, etc. Mr. Jacob […]

Pet Dogs Of Berliners

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on June 30, 1922. Pet dogs have become so popular among the feminine population of Berlin that theater managers have been compelled to install rooms where the dogs may be checked. Some patrons complain that none of the theaters has made similar provision for checking babies, and […]

Dogs

Published in The Waukegan Gazette on July 17, 1869.      The Bloomington Reader says Dr. Harrison Noble, of Heyworth, in McLean county, had 80 sheep killed and 170 mortally wounded the other night by two dogs. The dogs would catch the sheep by the neck and hold them down until dead, or nearly so. When […]

Hissing For Dogs

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on March 20, 1922.      Indians are very fond of dogs, and around every wigwam, tepee, hut, or wherever they reside, there are always from 6 to 20 wolfish dogs. An Indian dog loves an Indian and hates a white man with equal intensity. When a white […]

“BOB” Burton’s Bull Pup Dies

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on August 16, 1922. There is mourning at the home of A. J. Burton Waukegan’s laundryman. “BOB” the bull pup, who had made his home there for six years, has gone to his reward. Sickness cut “BOB” down in the flower of his youth the dog being […]

Barking Of Dog Saves Two From Death By Gas

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on January 23, 1922. Two young men living near Libertyville are overcome by the fumes. One Brought To Hospital.      The barking of a dog resulted in saving the lives of two young men near Libertyville early Saturday morning after they had been overcome by gas. Had […]

Carried Corpse Home

Published in The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois, on September 3, 1909.      A spirit of affection or whatever it may be termed, took place a few days ago at the corner of Grand avenue and North Genesee street. It seems that an auto in its wild speed ran over and killed a Spitz dog […]

Dog Helps Foil Two Holdup Men

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on December 7, 1922.      Chicago, Dec. 7-An airdale pup helped his master, Casimer Kawecki in an attack upon two bandits who held up the Kawecki drug store here early today.      The dog bit one of the bandits while Kawecki fired six shots after them as […]

Dog Loved Him

Published in The Waukegan Daily-Sun and Gazette on December 26, 1922.      With his dog as sole companion, little eight-year-old Johnny Miller for three weeks slept in abandoned water tanks on the roofs of New York tenements and lived on bits of food offered by his school chums. His father was killed and his stepmother […]