Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Tuesday, March 5, 1850
A short time since a person in the western part of this county, found buried in the sand a nest of eggs. Supposing them to be turtle eggs, and being passionately fond of that article, he carried them home, had them properly cooked and commenced his luscious repast. After eating fourteen, unsight and unseen, curiosity […]
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Saturday, November 9, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, June 10, 1920
Havana.-Hundreds of fine steers stampeded on board the American steamer St. Charles outside Havana harbor Saturday afternoon, and after creating a panic on board the ship, plunged into the sea, where they became the prey of the sharks which infest the waters off Merro Castle. Except for a comparative few that swam ashore and now […]
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Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, January 19, 1850
Escape from sudden death. A few weeks ago a wealthy gentleman from St. Louis, whose life had been miserable by a live tapeworm in his stomach and bowels, visited this city for the purpose of consulting our most distinguished physicians. By the advice of a friend he placed himself in the hands of Dr. Aaron […]
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, May 8, 1850
My uncle William, who had learnt the whole process from Thomas, and always faithfully observed it, used to call it, in its intermediate state, an old soldier. A sailor deposits, or if there is such a word, [and if there is not, there ought not to be,] re-posits it in his tobacco-box. I have heard […]
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, August 6, 1851
We noticed a day or two since that a lady at Debuque, having some difficulty with her husband, took her two children and started on a steamboat for Saint Louis. On her way down she was drowned. Her husband followed. On his arrival at St. Louis, he got drunk and was found next morning in […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, July 10, 1911
Fires in Chicago Also Cause Property Loss of $600,000. Chicago, July 10.-Two hundred and thirty-seven horses were cremated, a hundred more were imperiled and a property loss aggregating approximately $600,000 was caused by two fires which destroyed the transfer stables of the Arthur Dixon Transfer company, South State street, near Fourteenth, and the storage ware […]
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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 […]
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 21, 1882
A pet bear broke its chain and killed a little son of A. Welsh, of St. Clair county, Mich., last Tuesday.
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Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, December 14, 1833
A poor woman who lives in Water street, Philadelphia, was awakened in the course of the night by the faint cry of her infant; but supposing it to be merely the fretfulness of infancy, and wearied with the fatigues of the day, she fell asleep, but again awakened, when getting up and obtaining a light, […]
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, December 9, 1847
A correspondent in California gives us the following specimen of hunting in that region: “I have seen together in one drove [I may say in safety,] from two to three thousand elk. This was on the Joaquin Bottom. Deer are to be met with at a short distance from the dwellings in any of the […]
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