Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Published in the The American Weekly Murcury, Volume 2, Philadelphia, Penn. on Sunday, October 5, 1721
A Waterman fishing lately at a place called Magdalen Bridge, had the misfortune to be devoured by a large Sea Dog, [Shark] in sight of several other fishermen who had made their escape. But considering what a prejudice this monster might do to their fishing, [ruin their fishing] and being also desirous of revenging their […]
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Saturday, December 14, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, January 17, 1855
The Banger Mercury of Dec. 30th, says, Albert Richards and P. A. Chase, were returning from Machias last Monday, when a large wolf crossed the road about two rods from them, in pursuit of a deer, which was about twenty feet ahead of the wolf. The wolf caught up to the deer about two rods […]
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, January 17, 1855
The Rockingham, [Va.] Register gives the following account of an old Virginia hunter, Frederick Keiser, of Pendleton County, has devoted much of his time to hunting the mountains of his native county. He is in his 88th year, and has killed during his life, one thousand deer, ten elk, three-hundred bears, thirty panthers and fifty-three […]
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, January 24, 1855
A young man had a severe fight with a grizzly bear in the neighborhood of San Andres, last week. Bruin attacked him and threw him down, so that he could not draw his pistol, but was able to draw his knife, which he used pretty freely on old bruin, and was shortly enabled to gain […]
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Saturday, December 14, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, February 18, 1854
A dog plunged into the Ohio, a few miles above Cairo, a short time since, after a deer, and caught it when about a hundred yards from the shore. The dog after getting on the deers back, and fastening to his ear, so interfered with its swimming, that a spectator on the bank took a […]
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, May 25, 1890
Incident of the Rabid Dog Epidemic in Fulton County. Canton, Ill., May 24. An exciting incident of the mad dog epidemic now alarming the people of Fulton County occurred near Breed’s station on the Toledo, Peoria and Western railway, yesterday afternoon. John Byno was driving to his home at Breed’s. When within a few miles […]
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Tuesday, February 20, 1855
In a paragraph concerning the high tide of Thursday, the Boston Telegraph records the following: “At the wharves owing to the high water a large number of rats were killed by unemployed laborers. The vermin were obliged to leave their holes, or remain quiet and be drowned, and as they appeared, parties of Irishmen waiting […]
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Tuesday, March 13, 1855
The editor of the Albany Register having been disturbed by assemblage of cats under his window thus gives vent to his indignation: But those cats, in our opinion, are in danger and we warn all who have any interest in them either present or in expectancy, to look after them. We have been constrained to […]
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Published in the The American Weekly Mercury, Philadelphia, Penn. on Saturday, March 28, 1722
By advice from Somerfet County, Maryland, we have the following relation, that on the 23rd and 24th of February last there was a great storm of wind and rain. This caused the meadows to overflow and drown several hundred cattle [some say about 1,000 head.] Several storehouses were washed away by the sea, and most […]
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Published in the The American Weekly Mercury, Philadelphia, Penn. on Friday, February 6, 1722
News from Marenge, France, say that on the 10th of December the plague appeared in that town, the same day 8 or 10 died, and 15 or 20 were taken sick. Since that time all the quarters of the town are infected, and there reigns very frightful disorder. This malady was communicated by a flock […]
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