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Skunk.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, October 27, 1911

Trapped, caught by the hind leg, a skunk on the Ingraham lot beneath the hill and in the rear of the residence on Sheridan road this morning crawled into a hole, trap and all, buried himself inside, literally pulling the hole in after him. Mr. Ingraham, assisted by half a score chicken fancier neighbors, proceeded […]

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The Furs We Wear.

Thursday, February 16, 2012
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, December 23, 1877

Correspondence New York Post.      The Hudson’s Bay Company, during the season just past, have made their shrewd and abundant preparations for a successful winter’s trade, and the coming spring, no doubt, will show a corresponding result in a more than average catch.      The first in point of value is the pine marten, or […]

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Skunk Skins In Parcel Post.

Friday, July 15, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, January 24, 1913

     Decatur, Ill., Jan.-Someone today threw a brick into the smoothly running parcel post machinery in the Decatur postoffice. It was a package of fresh skunk hides, mailed by a trapper on a rural route. Because fresh breezes were blowing in the country the rural route carrier was able to bring the parcel post to […]

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Snakes And Skunks.

Thursday, July 14, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 2, 1878

     A man in Rockland, Me., lately dug out of one hole fifty-five snakes and six full-grown skunks-Boston Post.

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The Latest Hydrophobia Horror.

Saturday, May 8, 2010
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Friday, July 2, 1875

  The Latest Hydrophobia Horror Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune      Lincoln Neb., July 1-Reports from the buffalo lands, in the western part of the state, report numerous wolves suffering from hydrophobia, making it dangerous for hunters. A young man named Ackerly, while sleeping on the prairie recently, was bitten on the nose by […]

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