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Monthly Archives: September 2011

The Cunning Of Crows.

In India Those Birds Have Been Labeled “Shreds of Satan.”      Travelers in the orient have much to say about the Indian crow, a bird that for uncanny knowingness and prankish audacity has perhaps no equal. Corvus splendens-thus have ornithologists flatteringly labeled him. But a naturalist who knows the Indian crows at first hand has […]

Illinoisan Fatally Gored.

Wealthy Farmer Near Beecher Victim of Maddened Bull.      A wealthy farmer residing south of beecher, near Joliet, is dying at his home as a result of injuries received when he was gored by a mad bull.      He was chased for twenty minutes about a field and finally caught in a corner. Five ribs […]

Vicious Elk Killed.

The big elk in Forest park paddock in St. Louis was killed. The animal had become too cross for safety. It was brought from Chicago. At Lincoln Park it gored and killed two men, and in the fall of 1895 killed Henry Nelson, keeper of the Forest Park paddock.

Frightened Horse Causes Tradedy.

     South Bend, Ind., April 27.-Maggie Kenna, aged five years, was killed and Steven Hants, aged ten years, was injured when a frightened horse dashed into a crowd of children.

Enraged Bull Kills Woman.

Doctor Essaying Part of Rescuer is also attacked.      Wabash, Ind., May 4.-Mrs. Philip Lemberger, wife of a prominent farmer, was gored to death by a bull at her home. Mrs. Lemberger was crossing a forty-acre field when she was attacked.      Dr. E. A. Rogers armed himself with a pitchfork and rushed to the […]

Woman And Children Attacked by an Enraged Cow.

     Last Sunday towards evening Mrs. William Johnson of Barrington and her two little daughters, aged three and five years, went to get a pail of water from the barn yard and were attacked by a Jersey cow. Mrs. Johnson was near and tried to protect them as much as possible, but the cow was […]

Have You Killed Your Rat? There’s One For Each of Us.

Costs $180,000,000 to Support Rats in Country Each Year, Statistics Show. Start National Campaign.      There is a rat for every person in the United States.      If every man, women and child was to make his and her financial prorata contribution to what these hundred million or more rats exceed for upkeep annually. On […]

Rooster Almost Kills a Baby.

     Joliet, Ill., July 18.- Mrs. Mary Palace today asked the police to “arrest” a large rooster belonging to John Francis, a neighbor, after it had attacked her 2-year-old son, Leo, and beaten him into unconsciousness.      The boy was chasing the fowl when it suddenly turned on him with spur and beak. Leo attempted […]

Horse Makes Way Back to Old Owner After Months.

Unusual Case of Animal Instinct Displayed by Animal of J. J. Rouse. Pined For its Old Home. After Long Absence the Horse Finally Appears at Master’s Gate for Admittance.      About five months ago J. J. Rouse, who owns a large farm just west of here, sold a fine black horse to a farm laborer […]

Ash Street Residents Seek A “Pied Piper Of Hamlin.”

Fear an Invasion by Rats When Mammoth Pile of Junk is Moved From Street. Thousands Of Rats There. Have Taken Refuge in Enormous Pile of Junk That is Stored by Janowitz.      Residents of Ash street are thinking seriously of inserting an advertisement reading somewhat as follows:      Wanted-A Pied Piper who will guarantee to […]