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Monthly Archives: June 2013

About 136,500 Seal Catch.

Saturday, June 15, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, April 7, 1909

Six Steamers Held Fast in Ice Since Twenty-First of March. St. Johns, N. F., April 7.-though the sealing season in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has not been an utter failure, St. Johns sealers have had a rough time. The catch totals about 136,500. Since March 31 the steamers Bellaventure, Bonaventure, Boethic, Virginia Lake, Adventure […]

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Swapped Baby For Dog.

Saturday, June 15, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 12, 1898

The Unusual Exchange That Was Made by Two New Jersey Women. Any mother knows the comparative value of a baby and a puppy dog. It is infinity to nothing. Yet in Newark, N. J., a deal has been consummated in which a real, live, plump, pretty chunk of humanity was swapped by its mother for […]

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An Elephants Thoughts.

Saturday, June 15, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 12, 1898

How a Hindoo Can Tell When the Animal Intends to Destroy Him. Few more impressive confidences can be imparted than one in which a Hindoo describes how he knows his elephant intends to destroy him. It is all so seemingly trivial, and yet in reality of such deadly significance. His story is full of details […]

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A Sociable Seal.

Saturday, June 15, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, September 17, 1898

The Strange Story Told in Scotland of the Remarkable Conduct of a Sea Animal. A gentleman residing in Broughty Ferry, who owns a yacht, took a run down the river the other day, accompanied by some friends, for the purpose of having a seal hunt, says the Edinburgh Dispatch. On the banks at the mouth […]

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A Panic In Camp.

Friday, June 14, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, June 18, 1898

Three Thousand Horses and Mules Create Havoc Among the Soldiers at Tampa, Fla. Washington, June 17.-A special to the post from Tampa, Fla., says: At ten o’clock Thursday night 3,000 horses and mules broke from the corrals and stampeded through the camps of Gen. Carpenter’s brigade. It was so dark and the excitement was so […]

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Purchase Of Mules Ordered.

Friday, June 14, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, April 23, 1898

St. Louis, April 19.-A telegram from Washington states that the war department has just ordered the purchase of 1,800 mules in addition to the 1,000 ordered last week. The mules are to be used as pack animals for carrying supplies over roads in Cuba where the army wagons cannot be drawn. All the mules purchased […]

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Helps The Dog Catcher.

Friday, June 14, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, December 14, 1897

A Market for the Dog Pounds of Large Cities Will be Utilized by the Alaskan Miner-Chicago’s Contribution. [Copyright, 1837.] L. H. Lewis, a lawyer of Seattle, has recently formed what he calls the Seattle Yukon Dog company, whose agents will travel through the states, purchasing by wholesale the lost, strayed or stolen animals that are […]

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Peck, A Life Saver.

Thursday, June 13, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 4, 1899

Police Dog Saved the Life of a Drunkard. Anybody who threw a cane at a policeman would naturally expect to be reprimanded. Likewise “Peck, officer, No. 8” will stand no fooling from offenders. If in his judgement you are not doing as you ought to do, look out for “Peck”, the police dog, who is, […]

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