Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 13, 1910
Victim of Thugs Thrown into River-Battles Rodents Three Hours. Â Â Â Â New York, Aug. 13.-Robbed of $400 and his watch by a gang of thugs, John Maughan, an elderly and well-to-do resident of Harlem, was beaten and thrown bodily into the North river by his assailants. Â Â Â Â He clung for three hours to the cross-beams under […]
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, March 16, 1912
Leaves Michigan Home on Skis-Parts of Her Clothing Are Found. Â Â Â Â Hancock, Mich., March 16.-Mrs. Selma Makkinen, wife of a Finnish farmer living near Alston, is believed to have been killed and eaten by wolves. Â Â Â Â Shortly before dark she set out on skis for a neighboring farm. She failed to return amd searchers found […]
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 17, 1912
Team Buried Under Heavy Fall of Ice and Snow in Chicago. Â Â Â Â Chicago, Feb. 17.-Two horses were killed when 500 pounds of ice and snow slid from the roof of a six-story building at 440 Jefferson street. Â Â Â Â The team was owned by J. Torenta. He left the horses attached to his wagon at the […]
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, February 15, 1912
    According to advices from the Caucasus millions of singing birds which every winter used to find a warm retreat on the southern slopes of the forest clad mountains of the Caucasus have suddenly been surprised by the intense cold and severe snowstorms while they were on their way from the north.     The slides […]
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, August 6, 1897
Sticks His Knife Into a Horse James Keating, of Chicago, tried to carve his initials on a horse’s hip with a knife and when the police arrived he and his companion, Michael Hinckey, were in the hands of a mob of 500 men and boys who were trying to stamp the pair to death with […]
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Kaskaskia, Illinois on Wednesday, August 14, 1816
Lumberton, N. C. June 18. Extraordinary and Shocking occurence. Â Â Â Â On Friday afternoon, the 7th inst. Mrs. Ratley was riding across the Gum Swamp, [about 1 miles from this place] where the water is but little more than knee deep, the boat on which she rode was attacked by an Alligator, and in the struggle, […]
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Published in the Illinois Intelligencer, Kaskaskia, Illinois on Wednesday, February 3, 1819
On Friday the 4th instant, about 700 men of the neighboring townships, formed a hunting party. The signal for proceeding was given on Frenchtown Mountain, which was answered by all the horns of the hunters, comprising a circuit of 40 miles, in the space of 15 minutes. The hunters then progressed towards a centre in […]
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 15, 1876
    Mr. John K. Markill, of Norfolk, St. Lawrence county, N. Y. returned home late, having been detained by a storm, and going out some time after to care for his team, was just in the act of opening his stable door when he was seized from behind by a panther, which attempted to grapple […]
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, November 3, 1922
By International News Service Arvada, Wyo., Nov. 3-Becoming provoked at an unmanageable gun, N. P. Brown, member of the Sherdan City Fire Department, is credited with “bull-dogging” a buck deer in real Western style. Brown cornered the animal in a draw along Powder River, where he was hunting, and succeeded in grasping the antlers of […]
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Published in the lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, December 23, 1904
    Six thousand head of sheep slaughtered of an approximate value of $20,000, without a single indictment from the grand jury, is the record of the past season in central Oregon. At different times in the past the cattle interests have been accused of having an organization which has been responsible for these depredations.
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