Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, June 26, 1845
The Westfield [Mass.] News Letter gives an account of a little girl, about 5 years old, an only child of John Bronson, of Russell, vomiting a living toad. It measured from the mouth to the end of the body two and one-half inches; the body and lower extremities five inches-and the circumference of the body […]
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 24, 1833
Boston, July 26. A long conversation with the captain and crew of the brig Palos, of New York, which arrived here yesterday, leaves no doubt at all on our mind that they were in truth favored with a fair sight of the serpent, as stated in the morning papers. They were becalmed off the Graves, […]
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, August 10, 1833
[From the Kingston [U. Canada] Chronicle,] A very affecting account of the effects of this terrific disease has been communicated to us, which occurred in the family of Mr. Moss, a respectable farmer, residing near the village of the river Trent. While Mr. M. and family were sitting at home, a dog belonging to the […]
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, July 13, 1833
A coachman in England was lately, kissing his favorite horse, when the animal, wishing to return his fondness ten fold bit off his nose and swallowed it.
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Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, February 21, 1892
Mammoth Hunt by Five Thousand Persons in Southeastern Kansas. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 20.-[Special.] At 9 o’clock this morning an enormous wolf hunt started over Crawford and Bourbon Counties in Kansas. As a result about 300 wolves lie dead tonight. Both counties and others adjoining were scoured by over 5,000 men, women, and children armed […]
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 7, 1882
The London News gives this: A cat, all black, except its perfectly white tail, was presented to the town of Agnone, Italy, many years ago. They put it in the theater to clear it of rats. They soon found that the cat was fraternizing with the rodents, and had become their king, and shared its […]
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 4, 1882
L. L. Burch, of Teifair County, Georgia, killed a bald eagle which measured eight feet from tip to tip of wings. One of the feet was sent to the local newspaper office, and the claws from point to point measured eight and a third inches. The monstrous bird had a grown sheep down when M. […]
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 12, 1865
In the early part of the summer an incredible number of black gnats made their appearance in the Mississippi Bottoms, and attacked not only cattle and horses, but also birds, wild turkeys, deer, and other game, with such ferocity as to kill in a short time quite a number of animals. After the disappearance of […]
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, September 30, 1865
A correspondent proposes a new way to kill rats. His own house being overrun with vermin, a servant girl who had seen the effects of “Old Bourbon Whiskey” on bipeds, thought she would try an experiment on the rats. Accordingly, she took a small quantity, made it very sweet with sugar, crumbled in bread enough […]
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 14, 1881
The Northern section of this city was thrown into the wildest state of excitement by the terrible attack on a number of persons by an infuriated bull-dog suffering with hydrophobia. For some time past Mr. James M. Epply, who resides on the Northern boundary of the city, has been the owner of two of these […]
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