Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, August 16, 1901
William Hess, a wealthy citizen of Evansville, Ind. was in police court on the charge of cruelty to animals. His neighbor has a calf and the other night Hess could not sleep for the calf’s bawling, so he tied the mouth up with a rope. The judge released Hess, saying he believed he would have done the same thing.
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, February 27, 1908
Bloomington, Illinois, Feb. 27-After stumbling in the snowdrifts and throwing his fair rider and fracturing two ribs, the faithful horse, which had been ridden by Miss Eleanor England, daughter of John C. England, of Logan county, stood guard over the unconscious girl for two hours until she later revived, climbed into the saddle and started home just as rescuers arrived.
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, January 20, 1909
Their Mission is to Fight Rats Which Spread the Plague.
Washington, Jan. 30-Five thousand cats whose mission is to serve as rat destroyers in fair Japan, have been shipped from Chicago.
The purpose of this curious feline invasion is to aid in fighting the plague which is spread by rodents.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, August 12, 1907
A rat three inches long paralyzed the electric lighting system of Stamford, Conn., and put the town in darkness for twenty-four hours. Climbing a guy wire fifty feet long, the rat reached a conduit carrying 10,000 volts of electricity. It placed its front feet on the charged wire and instantly diverted the current through its body to the guy wire and thence the ground. The rat was petrified in midair by the electricity, and the wire trouble men spent a whole day in locating the point of disturbance.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, August 12, 1907
Philadelphians In Motor Car Have Hair Raising Experience.
Recently the family of William H. Walker of Philadelphia had an experience rare indeed. In their motor car they were en route to Bedford Springs, Pa., and were going over the mountain from Fannettsburg to McConnellsburg, the county seat of Fulton county, lying deep in the vale of the mountain.
As they were climbing a particularly bad piece of mountain road suddenly there was a piercing and scary sort of scream or yell behind them. Turning, all saw an enormous wildcat, or catamount, coming up the road. The grade was unusually steep, and the big car was merely creeping up, while the cat was loping along easily and soon came within a few yards of the rear of the car and ran behind the machine, spitting and growling.
The women of the party screamed and waved coats and shawls and succeeded in intimidating the animal until the top of the hill was reached. There full speed down the grade soon left the catamount in the distance, but it stood watching the auto party until a turn in the road hid him from sight.
In McConnellsburg there was some hesitancy about accepting the Walker party’s story until one of the ladies mentioned the fact that the cat seemed to have but three feet, one front paw apparently being missing. Then the McConnellsburg people recalled that a trap set in the mountain for a panther or wildcat, which had been killing calves and sheep, had been found far away from where it had been set and in it the paw of a wildcat, which the animal had chewed off at the lower joint to release itself.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, August 12, 1907
Fair Foreigner Carries Rattler and Blueberries Together.
“Nice Blueberries, very cheap, only 10 cents a quart,” was the solicitation of Anna Riscavage, a buxom young foreigner, in front of a prominent residence in Centralin, Pa. The mistress of the house noticed that the berries were luscious and that only a few quarts remained in the basket. She therefore said she would take them all. and the berries were poured into a quart measure. While the last quart was being poured out the purchaser fainted from fright when a big rattlesnake fell from the bottom of the basket on the berries. When she recovered later she was still further horrified to see the fair berry vender calmly tucking the serpent away in the bosom of her dress.
Miss Riscavage smilingly explained that she caught the serpent while berrying and extracted its fangs, so that it was harmless. She was taking it home in order to preserve its skin intact for medicinal purposes.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, October 11, 1909
Animals Watch the Body of Recluse Thought Murdered by Robbers.
Wallingford, Vt., Oct. 11.- Watched over by fourteen cats, which were her only companions in life, the body of Mary J. Johnson, sixty-seven years old, was found in her home under circumstances indicating murder.
Robbery, it is thought. was the motive. Miss Johnson had lived the life of a recluse for years.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, August 1, 1912
Duluth, Minn., Aug. 1,-Lloyd Burley, aged two years, was nearly killed by a rooster. The child was so seriously injured that it is feared that he will lose his eyesight.
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, May 6, 1853
Some months ago the City Council very properly, and in accordance with the wishes of three-fourths of the people of the city, passed an ordinance prohibiting the running at large of hogs on our streets. This has been an evil which our citizens for years have endeavored to eradicate, but were overborne by the influence of an interested few. The ordinance, as it now stands, is just such a one as is in force in almost every considerable town or city in the country where a proper municipal policy and cleanliness of the streets exist. Prior to the passage of the ordinance, the droves of hogs that swarmed our streets, rooting up the gutters and pavements, running into every open door and gate, and destroying property, and often forcing themselves through strong fences into gardens, had got to be such an abuse that the hog owners were compelled to cave in; but the immense stock which they have accumulated, proving too much for the economical management within the owners premises, they have become clamorous for the repeal of the ordinance, that they again pour upon the streets droves of grunters. So clamorous have they become that, we learn, the council is wavering, and in all probability will accede to their demands. We trust that this may not be true. There has been no petition circulated for the appeal. Indeed, those who would have the ordinance wiped out will not undertake to collect public sentiment in that way. They prefer to pull the tails of the pigs to such note as contains a threat of loss of votes at the next election. The question is, will the Council permit such influences to operate? We hope not. If they act in accordance with decent city policy, and the wishes of the public, they will let the ordinance stand, and force our city pork raisers to withdraw their grunters to the prescribed limits. There should be no falling back, to gratify the dozen or twenty men, who seek profit through the annoyance of their neighbors.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, February 21, 1910
Swallowed Reptile in Glass of Water About 10 Years Ago.
Post-Mortem Examination Reveals the Presence of Fifteen, Some of Which Were Still Alive.
Trebton, N.J., Feb. 19.-As a result of drinking a lizard in a glass of water ten years ago, Mrs. Ida Dyeson is dead at her home in this city. The case is considered one of the most peculiar in medical history.
Doctor’s declare that the scaly reptiles breeded in her stomach and became so numerous that they practically ate her alive. A Post-Mortem examination led to the discovery of the cause of her death.
About ten years ago Mrs. Dyeson informed her husband that she believed she had swallowed a lizard, as she felt something wiggle in her throat after she had swallowed a glass of water. A physician was consulted, but he could find no trace of the reptile.
Since then Mrs. Dyeson had been an invalid, but her symptoms indicated no particular disease. On numerous occasions she insisted that her stomach was full of lizards, but her declarations in this respect were believed to be imaginary.
The physicians who performed the post-mortem were surprised to find the reptiles to the number of fifteen. Some of these were still alive, but the majority were dead. The doctors declared it was remarkable that she survived for such a length of time. Mrs. Dyeson was 60 years of age.