If the cities of the plain, which now lie buried under the fatal waters of the Dead Sea, had more wickedness and abominations in them than New York, then they must have been wicked indeed. Some phases of life in this center of Western enlightenment would disgrace the bloodiest barbarism. Dens there are in New […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, June 5, 1906
Swift Runners on Snowshoes Make Short Work of the Brutes. The Swedish Lapps live entirely with, by and upon their raindeer. A Lapp who owns a thousand deer is a very rich man; but, as taxes are assessed upon the number of deer, he is inclined to underestimate his herd. The most dangerous enemy to […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, October 18, 1906
Bloomington, Ill., Oct. 18 Gibson City residents are much excited over a report that a monkey, which died there last week, belonging to a carnival company, had been interred in the local cemetery. The owner purchased an expensive coffin, child’s size, and is said to have buried the animal in the cemetery. An investigation has […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, August 10, 1906
Charles Haines, the baby son of H. J. Haines of Urbana, Ia., was pecked about the head and face so viciously by a blue jay which attacked him while he was playing that his death resulted. The child fought desperately to drive the bird away and was almost exhausted when his mother reached his side. […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, August 6, 1906
Reports from Labrador state that five persons were killed and eaten by savage dogs of that coast during the last winter. These dogs, which have largely interbred with wolves, have frequently killed people heretofore. One of the victims last winter was a man, aged thirty-five, and the others his wife, daughter and granddaughter.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, March 15, 1905
Without losing a single animal, seven shepherds recently drove a flock of 14,000 sheep from Mamuga, in Queensland, to Narrabri in New South Wales, a distance of 900 miles.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, October 5, 1904
Bloomington Couple Married in These Unique Surroundings. Bloomington, Ill., October 5. A unique wedding attracted much attention. Arthur Anderson and Hattie Ball, a couple from Downs, this county, were made man and wife while standing on a pyramid in a den of lions, panthers and hyenas. Justice W. B. Hendryx accompanied the couple into the […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, July 20, 1906
Twenty Wild Animals Invade Chorumo and Eat Eleven Natives. A herd of hungry lions attacked the town of Chorumo, British Central Africa, recently, and not only killed eleven natives, but put the rest of the population to flight and demolished many of their huts. Between fifteen and twenty lions made the raid at dusk. They […]
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Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, October 29, 1853
The importation of monkey skins, says the Salem Gazette, has been an important branch of commerce for several years, and we dare say, that many a fair lady has strutted her brief hour in all the glory of monkey skin muff, and rat skin gloves, without suspecting the quality of her finery.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Tuesday, May 8, 1855
One hundred and fifty thousand fish, of the first quality of herring and shad, were taken on the 24th ult., at the fishery of Charles W. Mixon on the Albermarle sound. The number was so great that four hauls had to be made with small seines of 25,000 each before the large seine could be […]