Saturday, January 5, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, June 24, 1907
Alton, Ill., June 24. A horde of locusts has settled among the trees of “Hop Hollow,” a popular picnic grounds near here, and driven every songbird out of the woods. The hollow has been marked for its songbird, but all have disappeared under the onslaught of the insects. Crows were the first victims. The locusts […]
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, February 21, 1849
The whaling barque Superior, Capt. Royce of Sagharbor, arrived at Honolulu on the 4th Sept. last, with 1,800 barrels of whale oil, which she took in the Arctic Seas. In an account of his successful voyage, furnished the “Friend,” Capt. Royce says: I entered the Arctic Ocean about the middle of July, and cruised from […]
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 4, 1907
Catching fish by electricity is the latest in the angling line. The old methods of Izaak Walton must retire to the verdant pines, only don’t let the game warden catch you fishing by electricity. Frank Sharrow, Lew Smith and Henry Cuehlke went to pine lake, thirty miles from Detroit, not long ago. They tied one […]
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, August 1, 1907
Pittsburg, Aug. 1. J. William Neff, prominent in political and sporting circles, died suddenly at the finish of an exciting horse race. Neff drove his own entry in the race and just before he reached the end of the course he suddenly drew rein exclaiming “I’m done for,” and expired.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 9, 1834
The story of the late marvelous feast of the Anaconda in the New York Museum, in swallowing a seven quarter blanket, is fully confirmed by the testimony of Mr. Peale, who avers that his snakeship does not appear to be in the least degree inconvenienced by this extraordinary supper. A still more extraordinary story is […]
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 18, 1906
The young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Renehan, near Wauconda, was kicked and seriously injured recently by a colt which he had been riding. The boy had dismounted when the animal in a frolic tore out of his grasp and turning shot both heels at his head. One of the hoofs caught the […]
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, July 31, 1906
Driver Saw Freight but Failed to Perceive Approach of Passenger. Train Leaves But The Reins In His Hands. Buggy and Man Escape Carnage but Horse id Smashed to Flinders by Passing Flier. Driving home from Waukegan at midnight last night Lee Metzendorf, of Grayslake, a barber, saw that there was a freight train along the […]
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 25, 1832
Mrs. Hanson, the wife of Samuel B. Hanson, of this town, aged about 23 was found eight months since to be in a declining state of health, in consequence of what was considered a deranged state of the abdominal and thoracic viscera, originating from Leucorrhoea. The symptoms were such as to warrant the presumption, and […]
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, July 6, 1833
Perry Point, [Miss.] Dec. 3. 1833. Mr. Editor: The wild bull inhabits the forests of Washitaw, which lie on the West side of the Mississippi river, extending from the territory of Arkansas into the state of Louisiana-three hundred miles in length, from the North to South, and one hundred miles in width, from East to […]
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, June 20, 1835
The New York Gazette vouches for the following as a true statement: “A few days since, but a few miles distance in New Jersey, a large hawk, seemingly in great hunger, was discovered hovering over the barn yard of a cottage, watching his opportunity to pounce upon the poultry below. After repeating his visits for […]