Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, January 3, 1906
C. H. Brantley Smashes Long Accepted Theory That Wolf Family Cannot Be Caught.
Has A Fox Which Will Obey Like Dog.
Will Lie Down, Jump Through a Hoop and do Other Things.
It has always been considered that to tame a fox, a wolf or an animal of the wolf family, or a common cotton tail rabbit, is almost impossible. For just as soon as he regained his liberty, he would “light a shuck” and skip to his favorite haunts. To Mr. C. H. Brantley, the south Genesee saloonist belongs the honor of introducing the first pet fox into his community.
As the Sun man was sauntering up the street meditating on what strange things he would always encounter when he didn’t have his gun, he spied in Brantley’s front window a sleek, smooth red fox placidly sleeping perfectly oblivious to his surroundings.
By this time the reporter became interested and accordingly went in and made inquiries.
Mr. Brantley states that he had very little trouble in teaching “Dick” his tricks and that his intelligence is equal to that of the best blooded dog. He accordingly, for the benefit of the Sun man brought his pet from his napping place and introduced several tricks that will make some of the pet dogs in this vicinity go home.
“Dick” will lie down and roll over, raise on his hind feet, jump through a hoop and many things too numerous to mention, and on a whole proved to the contrary of the Darwin theory. Mr. Brantley states that there is no price one could name to buy him.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, August 13, 1907
Bloomington, Ill., Aug. 13.-A monument is planned for a chicken belonging to O. L. McCord of Vermillion county. It has just died, aged 12 years. It was to be the champion of champions, having won first prize at eight successive state fairs and also at the Pan-American exposition.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, November 1, 1910
290 Animals on Second Floor Of Swift and Company Stables Meet Doom When Blast and Fire Come at Once.
Chicago, Nov. 1.-More than 100 horses were killed and about fifty wagons destroyed by explosion, it is supposed, of a steam pipe running over the roof of Swift & Co.’s barn at the stockyards.
There were 290 horses on the second floor of the barn at the time, and nearly half of them buried in the debris when the walls at the north section of the barn were blown out. The noted prize winning team owned by the company was saved.
James Collins, a watchman, was on the top floor of the barn when the explosion occurred. He was hurled to the ground but escaped with minor bruises. The loss is estimated at from $50,000 to $75,000.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, October 31, 1910
Causes Death of Stock Dealer Two Days After Animal’s Attack.
Marion, Ill., Oct. 31.-J. T. White, a stock dealer, is dead here as the result of a bite of a horse.
He was feeding the animal last Wednesday when it attacked him, inflicting fatal wounds.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 29, 1910
Pleasant Bay In Cape Breton Reports Great Loss From Rodents.
Halifax, Oct. 29.-Pleasant Bay, in the northern part of Cape Breton, is the scene of a great plague of mice. They have invaded the settlement and have destroyed the grain and field crops. As a result of their ravages, not more than seven bushels of grain have been saved in the entire district.
Their inroads on the potato fields is such that diggers find little more than skins of large potatoes left in the ground. No remedy is in sight and all that has been done has had no effect in abating the plague.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, October 26, 1910
Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 26.-Arthur White, 13 years old, living in Oshtemo township, lies near death as the result of being attacked by a hog. Physicians removed one arm and he has other injuries that may cause his death.
The boy was passing through a field when attacked by the hog, and when help reached him he was pinned under the animal, its fangs tightly clasped in his body.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, October 25, 1910
Driven from Mountains and Killed in Main Street of Silverton, Col.
Durango, Col., Oct. 25.-Chased from its haunt in the mountains by a timber wolf, a half grown deer, sought refuge in the business districts of Silverton, a town of 2,000 people, but was killed before a crowd of people, neither animal paying any attention to the crowd.
The wolf steadily overtook its prey in the middle of the main street. The wolf sank its teeth into the fawn’s neck and ended its life, just as men ran to its rescue. The wolf escaped.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, August 21, 1911
The old Romans Did it by Devouring Two Rats a Month.
If it be true that ancient remedies are always the best, it may be of interest to those afflicted with dental troubles to know how the ancient Romans dealt with such ills. The Quirites [citizens of ancient Rome] recognized two types of treatment. The magical and the medical. The following are some of the prescriptions advised by the magicians:
Take the head of a dog that has died of rabies, mix ash with oil of cypress and inject the product into the ear of the affected side.
A water snake’s vertebra will serve to scarify the gum provided that it be obtained from a white skinned snake, or for the purpose may be used a lizard’s frontal bone obtained when the moon is full, or, provided that it be dried in a hole in the wall and thrown away immediately after used.
It is good treatment to inject into an aching ear oil of lemon in which have been macerated mallow bugs, even should this give rise to itching.
A worm fed on a particular herb or cabbage caterpillar can conveniently be placed in a hollow tooth, but it is equally simple to chew an adder’s heart.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, August 24, 1911
Starved and Footsore Finds Way Back to Chicago From Indiana, Where It Was Lost For Two Months.
Chicago, Aug. 24.-It’s a walk of 287 miles from Evansville, Ind., to Chicago and there aren’t any sign posts on the way that a dog can read, but this is the trip that John Cummings, janitor of the flat building at 6451 Monroe avenue says his dog Rex completed.
Rex disappeared two months ago and hadn’t been seen at the Cummings residence since until he appeared Tuesday, gaunt and footsore, with wagging tail and happy eyes.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, October 16, 1911
Twenty-five hundred persons were bitten by dogs in New York city during the first eight months of the present year, according to the returns received by the department of health. Of those bitten 1,850 were males and 650 females. Children were the greatest sufferers-1,800 as against 700 adults. Twenty-five persons were bitten more than once. Examination of animals killed showed 1,912 rapid dogs. The net result was seven fatal cases of human rabies. The health department calls for the passage of an ordinance requiring that all dogs at large be either muzzled or leashed. It also urges a campaign of educational measures in regard to the care and observation of dogs by their owners. Rabies, the board announces, has been stamped out in England, Germany and Denmark, and should be stamped out here.