Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 11, 1877
    A negro man recently went bear hunting in Chowan county, N. C., and was soon found in the enbraces of a bear, both dead. And now the people around there want to know what in the world the negro could have been thinking about to let a bear he had killed hug him to […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Carrollton Gazette, Carrollton, Illinois on Friday, October 2, 1846
    About the year 1830, I settled at the Lower Peach Tree, in Wilcox county Alabama, and cultivated a few acres in corn and cotton, besides a small potatoe patch and a bit of garden as was usual in those days. My nearest neighbor, John Champion, being better off than the rest of us, had […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 10, 1873
    On Monday, April 20th, a young man named John Bidwell, aged 19 years, a resident of Baylston, N. Y., went into the woods, about four miles from home, to gather spruce gum. He was accompanied by his father, a one-armed man. They carried no arms, and only a hatchet, a dirk-knife, and a long […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 11, 1860
    On Tuesday of this week an Indian hunter encountered a huge bear near Beef River Station, and the affray proved fatal to both. The Indian shot the bear, wounding him severely, and then rushed up, expecting to dispatch him with his tomahawk. Mr. Bruin “locked horns” with Mr. Indian, and a struggle for life […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, February 9, 1912
    In addition to sparrows, pigeons and other birds usually seen in a great city, Berlin has now a colony of wild parrots. Since the early months of the year a small group of common grey parrots have been observed in the streets of the extreme northern quarter of the town, where there is still […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, August 30, 1918
    Uncaged and unattended, a parrot perches throughout the day on a chair outside of a store in Seattle, Wash., and advertises the wares to be purchased therein to all passersby. During the summer time he is particularly useful, his owner having taught him to make this announcement: ‘Ice cream cones-five cents. Right inside.” The […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, September 9, 1898
    Jacob, a talking parrot, owned by Grant Ridley, of Holloway Road, London, England, brings in to his master 300 pounds every year. Mr. Ridley has been offered 1500 pounds for him, but he is worth more than that.     This wonderful bird has perfect command over 4,000 words, and never puts a sentence together […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Belvidere Standard, Belvidere, Illinois on Tuesday, February 9, 1864
    A man lost a favorite parrot, which was discovered in the possession of another person, who refused to give it up. He was accordingly summoned to produce the bird in a court of law. The real owner on being asked how he could prove that it belonged to him, replied that the parrot should […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, August 15, 1902
Parrot Calls Names, Dog Fights, Owner Bitten. An Exciting Mix-up. Bart Tiernan Got the Worst of it-His Arm Badly Lacerated. Â Â Â Â A parrot, a dog, a man-an oath hurled at the dog by the bird, a mixup and a general fight. This was the attraction in the James Welch saloon last night. Â Â Â Â While it […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, February 11, 1898
A Mischievous Parrot That Doomed a Young Girl to be an Old Maid. Â Â Â Â And so you never heard why Miss Elden killed the parrot? said the kindly old lady to a reporter. Well, I,ll tell you. Â Â Â Â Miss Elden’s father, you know, had been a seafaring man. He was a big man, had a […]