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Monthly Archives: May 2011

The Rat Nuisance.

Friday, May 13, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, March 2, 1867

     Catching rats is often difficult, as the old rats are proverbially cunning. Laying around poison is not alone dangerous, but objectionable for the reason that the rats may die in inaccessible spots and contaminate the atmosphere with the well known detestable odor. A better plan has been adopted by one of our correspondents by […]

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Rats Attack Fire Fighters.

Friday, May 13, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, April 27, 1909

Rodents Have To Be Routed Before Blaze Can Be Quenched.      New York, April 27.-Firemen who were called to fight a blaze in a junk shop in One Hundred and Eighteenth street were attacked by hundreds of large rats.      So vicious was the onslaught of the rodents as they climbed the legs of the […]

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