Thursday, January 10, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, September 5, 1906
Dallas, Tex., Sept. 5.-A mule hitched to a delivery wagon and driven by W. A. Sellars caused a panic at the Southern station by smashing Captain W. H. Wilkerson’s big automobile. The mule appeared not to like the odor of the machine, and having been driven up close to it, he set upon the automobile […]
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, January 21, 1907
Danville, Ill., Jan. 21.-The annual show of the Vermillion County Poultry association is being held here, and one of the entries is a white crow. The bird was taken from a nest last spring by James Jones near State Line, Ind. Every feather is white, as are also the beak and legs. The eyes are […]
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Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, September 6, 1848
If this too much abused and derided hybrid could speak, as did one of his far back ancestors, we should claim from them a vote of thanks, for what we have said, and caused to be said, in favor of their claim to kind consideration and treatment. Many years ago, at our suggestion, for he […]
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Saturday, January 5, 2013
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, October 21, 1847
A gentleman of our acquaintance a week or two since remarked an unusual collection of brown thrushes in a thicket contiguous to his residence. His attention have been drawn towards them for several successive days, by their loud cries and eccentric movements, he was at length induced to investigate more closely the course of the […]
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, November 24, 1832
On Saturday night, a boy of 13 or 14 years of age, who was climbing on the face of a rock, in the Grange quarry, Edinburgh, in search of a bird’s nest, fell into the deep pool below. His companions ran away calling for help and a crowd soon collected. A house carpenter who was […]
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Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, May 28, 1846
To prevent crows from pulling up corn, I would recommend a simple remedy for the evil which I have practiced with complete success. It is only to put a few empty casks, with the head end up, in different parts of the field. The philosophy of it is, that the crows have no fear of […]
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Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, June 12, 1845
We have now in this city, and for the first time, at least in many years, a fine specimen of this interesting animal. It was captured by a boat’s crew from a New Bedford vessel at the mouth of a river in Africa. There are two in the Paris Museum, but we believe none like […]
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, October 26, 1833
We were surrounded by a large flock of sheep, which were leaving their fold to go to their pasture; one of our party took his flute out of his pocket, and saying, “I am going to turn Corydon-let us see whether the sheep will recognize their pastor,” and began to play. The sheep and goats, […]
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Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 3, 1833
From The Boston Sentinel. A party of 80 or 100 ladies and gentlemen embarked yesterday morning on the steamer Connecticut, for the purpose of taking an excursion in the lower harbor, with the expectation of getting a view of his Serpentine Majesty. About 12 o’clock, when the steamboat was half way between Nahant and the […]
Monday, December 31, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, September 1, 1832
His most huge and mysterious fishship, the sea serpent, is rather late in his visit this year, and many people began to suspect he had deserted our shores altogether; but we have the assurance of four persons who were off the coast in a boat on the 27th ult. that they distinctly saw the celebrated […]