Friday, December 28, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, March 2, 1848
Plutarch tells a very amusing story of Mark Anthony, who was a keen angler. One day while Cleopatra and he were indulging in this sport, he was unusually unsuccessful. Hurt at this disappointment in the presence of his mistress, he gave secret orders to some of the fishermen to dive under water, and to fasten, […]
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, June 23, 1922
Alice Rips Up Stake as Lion Claws Her Trunk in the Circus Tent. Herd Head Saves Day. Alice, a couple of tons of elephantine flesh got frightened last night and nearly went on a rampage that might have given Golimar Brothers circus a safe full of small change if Lizzie, the lead of the herd, […]
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, June 22, 1848
Yesterday, by city ordinance, was the last day that hogs were allowed to roam our streets without a ring in their noses. We hope the city [Springfield, Illinois] marshal will see that the ordinance is enforced.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, February 15, 1890
He would Swallow Anything That Would Ring, but Counterfeit Money Was a no go. Like Ursus and Homo, Billy and Danger were good friends. Billy Wright is a man and Danger was a dog. Billy Wright is running a saloon on Wabash avenue and Danger is dead. He was blown up in an explosion in […]
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, November 29, 1848
We copied a paragraph from the London Globe, last week, alleging the appearance of a huge sea serpent to persons on board the British frigate Dedalus. The following official announcement of the fact is copied from a state paper brought by the Hibernia. Her Majesty’s Ship Dedalus, Mamoaze, Oct. 11. Sir-In reply to your letter […]
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Friday, August 20, 1841
An animal or fish answering the description of a mermaid, has just been carried into New York, from the river Amazon, where it was caught. It is now for exhibition in that city. A naturalist who examined it, says it is an exceedingly timid and inoffensive animal, and soon abandons places frequented by man. It […]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, November 15, 1848
A few days since the family of Dr. Crofoot, the dentist, who resides on the corner of Crown and Temple st., missed a promising boy of the Doctor’s about four years old. After the unsuccessful search around the house, the child was finally found, drenched and in a state of insensibility on the edge of […]
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, August 15, 1844
An English paper speaking of the death of a raven 28 years old, says: This singular bird was bred in Grove Park, and could talk as plain as any man, so far as his knowledge extended. In point of imitation he could mimic anything he ever heard. Like many others of his tribe, he was […]
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, September 5, 1844
A correspondent of the Philadelphia North American, writing from the borders of Lake Champlain, confirms a statement made by Dr, Morse in his well known geography, and which has by some been regarded as fabulous. He says: “A word on the instinct of the squirrels here. When they wish to move from one island to […]
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, August 9, 1848
The sagacity of the dog has become a familiar fact in natural history, but an incident connected with the saving of life during the recent casualty from drowning on the front beach of Sullivan’s Island, merits record as affording a striking illustration of the instinct or sagacity of that animal. When the alarm was given, […]
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