Published in the The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, December 20, 1901
     William Reinschmidt, a farmer residing near Pingree Grove, tells this thrilling tale: Driven to desperation by hunger and the biting cold, a pack of wolves pursued him on a recent night as he was driving from his home to that of a neighbor. The beasts followed him almost to the door of his […]
Published in the Chicago Press and Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, July 27, 1858
 [Correspondence of the St. Louis Democrat.]     Wolves were seen frequently during the day, and just as we came on the camping ground, a large one was started. Gen. Harney’s gray-hound caught sight of him, pursued him, over-took him-and never touched a hair. Whether he was afraid of the wolf, or mearly friendly to […]
Published in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Monday, February 25, 1861
 [From the St. Joseph Traveler.]     While James Graham, our wide awake Sheriff, was out with a party skating on the river, a few days since, he observed, as he was gliding swiftly along the smooth ice in advance of his companions, a large wolf crossing the river just a few rods ahead of […]
Published in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, January 10, 1861
     Attacked By Wolves.,-The Boyer Valley [Crawford County] Record says the mail carrier between that place and Dacatur was lately attacked at night by a hundred or more hungry wolves. He put whip to his horse and reached a tree just as the wolves came up around him. Leaping from his horse to the […]
Published in the Chicago Press and Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Friday, April 1, 1859
 The Tuscola Pioneer relates the following story:     A man a few days since, while chopping in the woods some six miles west of Lexington, Lenilac County, near his own dwelling was attacked by a ferocious wolf, which, at the first signal, grasped his victim by the throat. The wife, standing in the door […]
Published in the Chicago Press and Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, February 12, 1859
        A man named Russell, a resident at the Summit Farm, some twelve miles south of this city, got frightened out of three years growth, as well as considerably astonished at the cool impudence of a pack of prairie wolves, five in number, who, as Mr. Russel, in the company of a young woman […]
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 11, 1902
     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 […]
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 11, 1902
    An Englishman residing on the island of Java reports that a large reptile was shot in a ricefield back of his bungalow which had swallowed a good sized pig. The snake measured nearly eight feet, but even considering his size the big meal must have caused him considable inconvenience, for he was unable to […]
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 11, 1902
     That is a strange story of self sacrifice that recently came across the sea from Russia. It tells of the sacrifice of three sons who, to save the life of their father, cast themselves to a pack of wolves who were in close pursuit. Here are the details of a very rare act of […]
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, July 21, 1922
Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun on 07/21/1922. English Farmers Glad to Contribute Money to Exhibitor of Dead Enemy of Hen Roosts.     It is no uncommon sight in the country to encounter a poor countryman carring a fox-dead of course-in his arms, and calling with it on farmers and landowners in the neighborhood says […]