Saturday, September 17, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 14, 1874
    A story is told of a lion which was brought from India, and who on the passage grew very fond of a sailor who had charge of him. His name was “Nero.” On being shut up in a cage in London, he grew sulky, and was very fiece when any one came near him, […]
Friday, September 16, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, October 6, 1905
    A bull fight, in which the animals and the men armored in football costumes, was held near Los Angeles. Not a bit of gore was spilled and a wild outburst from the arena followed the decision of the judges in favor of the bulls.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, June 23, 1905
    While fishing near Carmi, Jasper Jamerson caught a turtle and, tangling it in the air, dared his companion, Tom Hobbs, to shoot it off the line. Hobbs fired, the rifle ball striking the turtle’s shell and glancing through Jamerson’s face, caused probably fatal injuries.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, July 8, 1904
    Interesting tests were made rcently in the Madison Square Garden, New York, to determine the respective pulling power of horses, men and elephants. Two horses, weighing 1,600 pounds each, together pulled 3,700 pounds, or 550 pounds more than their combined weight. One elephant, weighing 12,000 pounds, pulled 8,750 pounds, or 3,250 pounds less than […]
Friday, September 16, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, September 1, 1905
Interfere with Street Cars and Put Women in Panic at Omaha. Â Â Â Â A plague of crickets has swept down on Omaha and has made life a burden to the inhabitants. The insects appeared suddenly by the millions. Falling on the street car track and being crushed by the wheels, they so greased the rails that […]
Friday, September 16, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, November 11, 1898
    Cats can swim if they only care to exert themselves sufficiently. The ancient Egyptians used to fish with them on the Nile, according to the representations on the walls, etc. that have come down to us.
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, August 4, 1916
Unusual Case of Animal Instinct Displayed by Animal of J. J. Rouse. Pined For its Old Home. After Long Absence the Horse Finally Appears at Master’s Gate for Admittance. Â Â Â Â About five months ago J. J. Rouse, who owns a large farm just west of here, sold a fine black horse to a farm laborer […]
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, October 9, 1916
Maltese and Four Kittens Discovered Far Up in Tree. Â Â Â Â New York.-High in a maple tree a Maltese cat belonging to Mickael Dooley, owner of a saloon on Union street, Flushing, purred over her four brand new kittens. She had carried to the spot material for what might be called a nest. Lying on guard […]
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, October 26, 1916
Mary Hickey’s donkey fell into a manhole near the Lawrance Armour estate in Lake Forest Wednesday and had to stay there for an hour or so before the police came with a derrick. Mary Hickey is the little old woman who “haunted” the house of Prentiss Coonley some time ago.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois on Saturday, November 16, 1822
    Sir Thomas Roe took out some English mastiffs to India, as a present for the Great Mogul; they were of marvellous courage. One of them leapt overboard to attack a school of porpoises, and was lost. Only two of them lived to reach India. They travelled each in a little coach to Agra; one […]
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