Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, April 29, 1914
Oak Ridge, Mich., Fancier Discovers Unique Fate of Prize Egg. Â Â Â Â Oak Ridge, Mich., April 29.-Frank Briggs, in his pigeon loft was attracted by the “cheep, cheep” of a chick. Â Â Â Â Mr. Briggs is a chicken fancier and became lest one of his prize chickens had escaped. He found that a pigeon had hatched an […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, July 31, 1922
Intelligence Displayed by Turkey Proved Him the “Right Bird in the Right Place. Â Â Â Â Unlike the ordinary run of turkeys, Ben, a mammoth bronze gobbler that one of our contributors owned, had a great deal of sense. One day, our friend writes, our nearest neighbor’s entire flock of turkeys invaded our farmyard and soon started […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 13, 1878
    Mr. X., of Blank, Mississippi, was proprietor of several cotton plantations, one of which was on the hills, about twenty miles from his place of residence, where he frequently resorted for a few days at a time in the spring season. That region is very hilly, and when denuded of forest, and brought into […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, December 1, 1921
    Once a young eagle was observed having a great game. It had found a stack of peat, and, lifting the sod in its claws, it flew up to a great height. It then dropped the sod and swooped down upon it at a terrific pace, catching it in its claws again. And so the […]
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Published in the lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, May 3, 1901
Four-Year-Old Boy Comes to Grief at Minneapolis. Â Â Â Â A remarkable battle which almost resulted in a tragedy was fought at Loring park, Minneapolis, when little Harry Carson, after fighting with a swan, was saved only by the timely efforts of a physician. Harry, who is only 4 years of age, was playing with the swans, […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, January 30, 1922
Miss Agnes Schshinnskey painfully injured in battle with chanticleer. Â Â Â Â Miss Agnes Schshinnskey, employed in George’s Cafe, this morning had a terrific battle with a rooster which pounced upon her when she removed from a chicken coop a hen. The chanticleer hurled its eight pounds of fury at Miss Schshinnskey, striking her in the face, […]
Published in the Belvidere Standard, Belvidere, Illinois on Tuesday, July 29, 1862
    The Boston Journal Says;-We can vouch for the truth of the following; A friend who keeps poultry, had two hens which insisted upon sitting upon one nest. The result was not altogether favorable, although, after a while, the bipeds managed to divide the eggs. Only one chicken was hatched from the whole nest full. […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, November 12, 1919
    A recent morning a Missouri farmer placed three crates of chickens and five bushels of potatoes in his trailer, hitched the trailer to his automile and started for town. He was almost there when he discovered he had no trailer. He found he had parted company with it a quarter of a mile from […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, March 4, 1904
    One day a flock of sparrows were noticed flying excitedly around a house, and going near I saw that a young sparrow had fallen from a nest under the tiles and was too young to fly back.     Suddenly a bantam cock stepped forward. He evidently understood the state of affairs, for he picked […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, August 25, 1905
Infuriated Fowl Tears Three-Year-Old Child’s Face With Spurs. Â Â Â Â Willie Dobson, 3 years old, was seriously hurt in Kearney, N. J., in an encounter with a rooster. The bird made savage attacks on the child and drove its spurs into his face. The attack took place in front of young Dobson’s home. The child was […]