Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 4, 1905
Washburn Springs the Scene of Most Repulsive Incident. Woman Said To Have Killed Sick Porkers, and Then Served Them to Her Boarders Who Summarily Took Flight. There have been many startling tales given to the public as originating in the foreign settlement-Washburn Springs- but the one which is perhaps the most repulsive and really unbelievable […]
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, March 27, 1903
The rat is, as no one will doubt, a very fair climber. He can scamper about anywhere in the roof of a barn or can ascend the Ivy that grow on the house wall, and make the lives of the pigeons in their cotes anything but happy ones. The rabbit, on the other hand, is […]
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, March 27, 1903
Brandywine Manor had a large colony of grey squirrels, but no shooting is permitted near the village, the squirrels being the pets of all the residents of the place. A number of years ago the late William Rettew, who resided in the village, discovered a number of squirrels in the garret of his house and […]
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, January 5, 1856
An extraordinary bear was recently caught near the head of Pilot Creek Ditch, California, which was perfectly white except the feet, all four of which were black. He was very ferocious.
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Friday, December 22, 2017
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, November 23, 1853
Col. James W. Barrett, of Springfield, killed a buck in Christian county, last week, that weighed 225 lbs. net, and had upon his horns twenty-one points.
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Thursday, December 21, 2017
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, November 23, 1853
Another sore evil existing in this city, is the permitting of Hogs to run at large on our streets, to the very great annoyance of the inhabitants. These creatures, not being half fed by their owners, prowl about at all hazards, to pick up garbage often of the most loathsome kind, in order to satisfy […]
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Thursday, December 21, 2017
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, March 31, 1853
A correspondent of the Dodge County Gazette, writing from Horicon, Wisconsin, gives the following account of the fish operations carried on at that place: “It is now about seventy days since they first began to take fish at this place, and almost ever since, they have taken from one to eight and ten tons per […]
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Saturday, December 9, 2017
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, December 16, 1852
The Cleveland Herald chronicles the following Cat story; A lady who resides on Bond street, kept in a closet in her bed room, a plate of crackers for her children, and upon several occasions had unlocked the door and given one of the crackers to her favorite cat. A few days since, while the lady […]
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Saturday, December 9, 2017
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, December 16, 1853
This dog story is from Fayetteville, Arkansas, where a farmer’s dog has been detected in going to the hog-pen and biting one of the hogs till it gets up; when Archy lies down in the warm place and goes to sleep.
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, November 13, 1852
Some passengers traveling on a railway in Ayr, Scotland, have had an unpleasant adventure. A bee-hive had been in a compartment; the bees got out, attacked the passengers, and stung them severely. at the first station the bees were left in sole possession of the carriage.
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