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Monthly Archives: November 2013

800 Steers Run Wild On Ship; Sharks Feast.

Saturday, November 9, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, June 10, 1920

Havana.-Hundreds of fine steers stampeded on board the American steamer St. Charles outside Havana harbor Saturday afternoon, and after creating a panic on board the ship, plunged into the sea, where they became the prey of the sharks which infest the waters off Merro Castle. Except for a comparative few that swam ashore and now […]

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Pigs Squeals Cause Folks To Cry For Peace.

Saturday, November 9, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, May 10, 1920

So far as West Hammond, Ind., is concerned the war is still raging. The town is imperiled with asphyxiation in the stench of its own war fervor, hoping peace will be declared. Let Chief Nitz tell about it: “When we got in to the war the government urged all patriotic citizens to raise hogs and […]

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City Of Kenosha Makes Money On Garbage-Fed Hogs.

Saturday, November 9, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, January 12, 1920

The balance of the city of Kenosha in the banks of the city has been increased by nearly $500 as the result of the sale of ten hogs from the city farm. These ten hogs were fed entirely on the garbage collected from homes in Kenosha. They were ten of the fattest hogs ever offered […]

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Have You Noticed There Are Fewer Flies This Year?

Saturday, November 9, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, July 16, 1920

Passing of the Horse and the Automobile Age Are Chief Reasons. Extermination War Help. There are fewer houseflies than usual nearly everywhere. It is one of the blessings of a summer in which many pessimists seem to imagine they have nothing to be grateful for. There are several reasons not only explaining this relief from […]

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