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Locusts Capture A Picnic Ground.

Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, June 24, 1907

Alton, Ill., June 24. A horde of locusts has settled among the trees of “Hop Hollow,” a popular picnic grounds near here, and driven every songbird out of the woods. The hollow has been marked for its songbird, but all have disappeared under the onslaught of the insects. Crows were the first victims. The locusts are of the variety known as “seventeen-year,” and more are coming every day.

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