Saturday, November 12, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, June 14, 1922
Bandit wild bees invade the tame hives near Grays Harbor, Wash., and steal and carry away the honey to their hives in the forest. More than one-third of the domestic honey gathered in this district has been stolen by the robber bees. The wild bees make their homes in hollow trunks and cedar trees, where […]
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, August 16, 1912
Waukegan people were much interested last night in the passage over the city of an immense swarm of dragon flies. They were myriads of the winged insects and the swarm was large that it took fully half an hour for them to pass over the city. They were headed in a southerly direction. The flight […]
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, March 3, 1899
“Uncle Bill” Murphy, One of the Quaint Characters of the State. One of the quaint characters of Saginaw, Mich., is “Uncle bill” McMurphy, the bee wizard, who has netted a snug little fortune gathering wild honey from the woods of Saginaw county. For upward of forty years this strange old man has roamed the forests […]
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, January 12, 1906
Is Stung By Insects, Loses His Clothes, and Is Forced to Leave Coach in Scanty Attire. Berlin.-An honest Westphalian beekeeper boarded the train one day recently at Papenburg with a hive of prize bees to travel to Meppen, where he intended to exhibit his stock at an agricultural show. Underneath the seat he placed the […]
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, February 24, 1922
Careful observations have been made, in France, of the extent to which mosquitoes are attracted to domestic animals in preference to human beings. It was proved experimentally that mosquitoes have a strong predilection for the blood of rabbits, stronger than for that of any other domestic animal. The discovery has practically applied to many parts […]
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 10, 1856
Mr. Levi D. Wilcox states that there is in the Town of Crown Point, N. Y., a cow that has had thirteen calves within the last three years, viz: eight within the first year, two the next, and three this spring. The last five are still living. He challenges the world to beat this.
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Sunday, September 30, 1900
There are in the whole world about 75,000,000 horses and 11,00,000 mules and asses. They are distributed as follows: Europe, 39,400,000 horses, 3,200,000 mules, etc; America, 20,800,000 horses, 4,700,000 mules, etc.; Asia, 9,100,000 horses, 1,300,000 mules, etc.; Africa, 1,000,000 horses, 1,900,000 mules, Etc.; Australia, 9,300,000 horses. In the United States there were, January 1, 1900, […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, August 11, 1899
A Visitation by Insects Annoys Merchants and Retards Business. Swarms of crickets invaded Galesburg recently. No part of town escaped, but they were densest near electric lamps, many of which were obscured. On Main street they were so thick as to make walking very disagreeable. Pedestrians could not avoid trampling upon them and being surrounded […]
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, August 14, 1879
J. M. Henderson, of Arkadelphia, has a horse that saves him the trouble of keeping a dog, as he is as good as one in running hogs and cows out of the field. One day he was put in the yard back of our office, where a pig happened to get in, when he saw […]
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, September 18, 1902
[Copyright 1902 by C. B. Lewis] I was one of the crew of the whaling ship Crosby when I came across a gigantic whale that had often been seen before, that had destroyed many lives. He had come to be known as Tom Bowline and was recognized by a V shaped scar on his head. […]
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