Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, April 18, 1835
There was a terrific fire in St. Louis on Monday night of last week. It broke out at 12 o’clock, on Market Street, in the Livery Stable owned by Laveille and Morton. All efforts to save buildings were fruitless; and horrible to state, fifty-one horses are supposed to have been burnt with the building. Others […]
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Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, November 22, 1848
We are called upon to notice the death of one of the oldest and most respectable citizens in this section of our state, produced under circumstances the most painful and revolting. Mr. Wm. Sheroon, residing about four miles east of Dexeter, in Scott county, left his house on Monday noon, for the purpose of felling […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, November 2, 1922
International News Service. Denton, Tex., Nov. 2-Looping the end of a rope, by which he was leading a cow to water, over his head, John Terry, eight-year-old son of Ed Terry, a farmer, nine miles from here, was watching a passing automobile. The cow became frightened and ran, dragging the boy for about 200 yards. […]
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, January 4, 1834
A women residing in Plymouth, Mass. who was very partial to cats, purchased one some time since for its superior beauty, which, however, for some untold reason, she was desirous of destroying. To effect this, she immersed the cat in a bucket of water, with a weight around its neck, from which it soon escaped […]
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Friday, December 21, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 1, 1873
The details of the great storm in Minnesota are heart sicking. The reports from different sections indicate terrible loss of life and property. In Winnebago City fully sixty teams had gathered from the surrounding country. Farmers with their wives were there, having left their little children at home, in many instances alone, little dreaming of […]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, November 8, 1848
The Cape Frontier Times gives the following account of a sporting expedition of eleven months duration, the here of which is Mr. Ruallyn Cumming, second son of Sir William Gordon Cumming Bart., of Altyre, who a few years ago, was the foremost sportsman in the north of Ireland: “In this expedition it is said he […]
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, June 15, 1890
Wild Scenes Caused by the Stampede of a Circus in Africa. Diamond Fields [Africa] Advertiser: Shortly after 11 o’clock last night a general stampede of all the animals comprising Fillis’ menagerie took place. This appalling occurrence is attributed to a miscreant-at present at large-who, possessed of a grudge against Mr. Fillis or members of his […]
Friday, December 14, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, November 30, 1833
Our readers may have noticed a grain wagon which passes frequently through Washington street, drawn by three beautiful grey horses. This morning, the driver, who it seems is a very passionate man, after whipping the noble animal that worked at the thills in a most cruel and barbarous manner with the lash, struck a blow […]
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 21, 1882
A lady in Houtzdale communicates the following remarkable story to her parents in this place. A Swede miner of that place on Sunday last went upon the mountain to gather whortleberries. Not returning home in due time search was made for him, when he was found dead, with innumerable rattlesnakes fastened to and feeding upon […]
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, December 21, 1878
A Florida farmer fainted in his barnyard, and the hogs ate off the calves of his legs.
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