Published in the Chicag Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, March 15, 1885
Thirty-five Years Underground-Brought to the Surface, He Seeks Death. Coalbrook [Pa.] Letter to New York Sun: Three years ago a mule known as “Old Barney,” having spent thirty-five successive years in drawing coal cars in the tunnels of Old Hickory Colliery, was taken out of the mine by his owner and turned out to do […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 6, 1906
Augusta Canine Seemingly Unhappy When Without Them. There is a dog in Augusta, says the Augusta Chronicle, who dresses just like a man, wearing the regulation coat, vest, collar and cravat, and is very proud of his apparel, being seemingly very much distressed whenever his busy master does not have time to rig him up […]
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Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, October 6, 1832
A gentleman, who domesticates at present with us, was awakened a few nights since by the gambols of a rat upon his bed. He arose and supposing he had ejected his unwelcome visitor, closed the door of his chamber and again resigned himself to the arms of his sleepy god. Nothing more was heard of […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, August 14, 1911
Ingenious Trap That Was Formerly Used by the Mexicans. The Mexicans in California had an ingenious method of trapping bears before the advent of the Yankees brought modern firearms into the region. A piece of meat was nailed to the stout horizontal limb of an oak tree. From a limb five or six feet above […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, July 10, 1908
Freak Bolt that Hit the Keen Stables Near Libertyville. Skin of 1,500 Horse Had Many Perforations. And the Strangest Thing is That Dwight Major, One of the Finest Horses in the Stable, is Now Recovered. Many stories are told of the curious and strange pranks that have been wrought by that mysterious something-electricity, Lightning in […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, November 12, 1909
Thirty chickens belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Trepanier of 1024 Jackson street were killed by a dog last night according to a police report and the canine is being hunted down.
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, June 19, 1914
Enraged Animal Near Fox Lake Resents Appearance in the Herd. Kicks And Butts The Car. First Attack Throws Headlights Over Car-Second Is Butting of the Radiator. While driving through what is called “The big hollow” north of Volo one night recently, Fred Nader, a farmer of McHenry county, was the victim of an enraged bull […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, December 2, 1907
Woman Related Here Did Remarkable Feat In Africa. Her Shot Brought Down Elephant Larger Than the Fabled Jumbo. Tale Told in Chicago. Mrs. Carl E. Akeley, wife of the chief taxidermist of the Field Museum and sister-in-law to T. E. Akeley of Third street, Waukegan, killed the biggest elephant ever bagged by an American and […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, October 31, 1910
Causes Death of Stock Dealer Two Days After Animal’s Attack. Marion, Ill., Oct. 31.-J. T. White, a stock dealer, is dead here as the result of a bite of a horse. He was feeding the animal last Wednesday when it attacked him, inflicting fatal wounds.
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 29, 1910
Pleasant Bay In Cape Breton Reports Great Loss From Rodents. Halifax, Oct. 29.-Pleasant Bay, in the northern part of Cape Breton, is the scene of a great plague of mice. They have invaded the settlement and have destroyed the grain and field crops. As a result of their ravages, not more than seven bushels of […]
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