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Wolves and Dogs.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Friday, August 26, 1825

     Russia,-On the 5th of April, two women, walking at Riga, in a solitary part of the city, were torn to pieces by a pack of dogs which had no master. By an official account of the devastation committed by wolves, in the government of Livonia, in 1823, it appears that they devoured 1841 horses, […]

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Ten Gallons Of Mash Starts “Fowl” Spree.

Thursday, July 21, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 7, 1922

By International News Service.      Nashua, N. H., Oct. 7.-Shortly after federal inspectors dumped ten gallons of mash into the yard of JosephVegas, of this city, a flock of chickens, geese and ducks fell upon it.      Soon they had been provided with enough “kick” to send them staggering about the yard. Ganders made eye […]

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The Guardian Goose.

Thursday, July 21, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 13, 1878

     Mr. X., of Blank, Mississippi, was proprietor of several cotton plantations, one of which was on the hills, about twenty miles from his place of residence, where he frequently resorted for a few days at a time in the spring season. That region is very hilly, and when denuded of forest, and brought into […]

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Geese Pick Boy To Death.

Thursday, July 21, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, March 18, 1914

Child Dies After Being attacked by Angry Flock.      Racine,Wis., March 18.-Frank Chumieck, ten years old, of Wind Point, was attacked by a flock of geese and knocked to the ground.      His father, who heard his frantic screams, drove the geese off and carried the boy into the house, where he died five minutes […]

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Worried By A Wolf.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday, December 29, 1880

Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune on 12/29/1880. A Wild Animal Afflicted With Hydrophobia Creates Consternation in Christian County. Correspondence St. Louis Globe-Democrat.      Reed’s Springs, Christian Co., Mo., Dec. 24.- On the evening of the 20th, while Mr. Carroll was walking home along the highway, about three miles below this place, on Bear Creek, […]

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