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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Number of Horses In The World.

Sunday, November 6, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Sunday, September 30, 1900

There are in the whole world about 75,000,000 horses and 11,00,000 mules and asses. They are distributed as follows: Europe, 39,400,000 horses, 3,200,000 mules, etc; America, 20,800,000 horses, 4,700,000 mules, etc.; Asia, 9,100,000 horses, 1,300,000 mules, etc.; Africa, 1,000,000 horses, 1,900,000 mules, Etc.; Australia, 9,300,000 horses. In the United States there were, January 1, 1900, […]

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Spider Kills Caterpillar.

Sunday, November 6, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Sunday, September 30, 1900

Battle Royal Between Them in Which Former Was Easily the Victor. An Exciting battle between a spider and a caterpillar, which lasted nearly an hour, was witnessed by a crowd of men and boys in West Manayuck, Pa., one day lately. The spider won the contest after losing two legs. The fight occurred on a […]

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Cricket Pest In Galesburg.

Sunday, November 6, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, August 11, 1899

A Visitation by Insects Annoys Merchants and Retards Business. Swarms of crickets invaded Galesburg recently. No part of town escaped, but they were densest near electric lamps, many of which were obscured. On Main street they were so thick as to make walking very disagreeable. Pedestrians could not avoid trampling upon them and being surrounded […]

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The Horse As a Watchdog.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, August 14, 1879

J. M. Henderson, of Arkadelphia, has a horse that saves him the trouble of keeping a dog, as he is as good as one in running hogs and cows out of the field. One day he was put in the yard back of our office, where a pig happened to get in, when he saw […]

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Waked Up the Wrong Jackass.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

His Apparently Permanent Apathy Misled two Ambitious Dogs. Meadville, Pa., Nov. 5- A fierce duel was fought a day or two ago at the Valionia Distillery between leepy little donkey and two big and furious dogs that had been for days seeking an opportunity to tackle his donkeyship. The donkey was running loose in the […]

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A Fighting Whale.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, September 18, 1902

[Copyright 1902 by C. B. Lewis] I was one of the crew of the whaling ship Crosby when I came across a gigantic whale that had often been seen before, that had destroyed many lives. He had come to be known as Tom Bowline and was recognized by a V shaped scar on his head. […]

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