Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, February 15, 1895
    The largest farm in this country and probably in the world is in the southwestern part of Louisiana. Its area is 100 miles north and south and twenty-five miles east and west. It was purchased in 1883 by a syndicate of northern capitalists by whom it is still operated. At the time of its […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, April 15, 1912
Shown its Casualties Are Larger Than Those of Bull Fighting. Â Â Â Â New York, April 15,-In an effort to show that football is a more brutal and deadly sport than bull fighting a statistician has compiled a table showing the total casualties in Spain from bull fighting during 1911. There were 872 bull fights, attended by […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, April 12, 1873
    A train loaded with stock reached Pittsburg the other day when it was discovered that nearly the entire cargo were smothered. 1,200 hogs and 200 cattle were lost.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, June 24, 1901
Cattle and Horses Do Not Get Frightened in Rough Weather. Â Â Â Â Do the horses and cattle get frightened and make much disturbance in rough weather? asked the writer of a New York dealer who ships cattle abroad. Â Â Â Â “Bless you, no; They’ve got sea legs that would put an old salt to shame. Occasionally a […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 11, 1900
    Two horse thieves mounted on fleet ponies invaded the Chicago stock yards districts and escaped with fifteen or more animals.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 12, 1867
    These immense yards, which were incorporated in 1865, and opened to the public for business January 1, 1866, are now in full operation, and is the largest livestock market in the world. We give the following summary of their size and cost of construction, which will be valuable for reference:     Amount of land owned […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, November 6, 1903
Queer Cases of Attachments Formed in Large Zoological Gardens. Â Â Â Â Among the strange features of life in a large zoo are the unexpected and at times amusing friendships that spring up between animals of altogether dissimilar habits and natures, says London Tit-Bits. Out at the National zoo two rhesus monkeys have formed a warm friendship […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, June 10, 1918
Sheep Run to the Hills, Hogs Grunt as a Signal, Dogs Fashion Their Own Bed. Â Â Â Â Sheep, when frightened, always run to an elevation, because their ancestors originally came from the mountains. They always follow a leader, because in the dangerous mountain passes their ancestors had to go in single file. Hogs grunt because their […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, June 16, 1877
    An extraordinary trial is about to take place before a Parisian tribunal. A jealous husband in the village of Carrieres fell upon a novel mode of punishing his wife for her flirtations by compelling her to swallow a live spider every Monday morning. After submitting for a time, she informed the police, and the […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, June 16, 1877
    Mr. Dodge, the Statistician of the Department of Agriculture, at Washington, reports, as the results of an investigation of the losses from diseases of swine during the past twelve months, the destrution of 4,000,000 animals of all ages, and a money loss of more than $20,000,000. One-fifth of the reported loss occurs in the […]