Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, October 3, 1913
Case Where Mother Had the Forethought To Take the Child Inside Store. Waukegan, September 30. Â Â Â Â This is a tale of what might have been than what really was! Â Â Â Â It happened Saturday evening, that is, part of it did-what might have happened, hasn’t happened yet, but, it may! Â Â Â Â Saturday evening some kind and […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 4, 1882
    The camel’s kick is a study. As it stands demurely chewing the cud, and gazing abstractedly at some totally different far-away object, up goes a hind leg, drawn close into the body, with the foot pointing out; a short pause, and out it flies with an action like the piston and connecting-rod of a […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 11, 1882
    While driving along the road a little south of the village of Antioch, one day last week, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Huntly met with a somewhat serious mishap. A hog beside the road frightened their horse causing him to upset the buggy. Both occupants were thrown to the ground and Mr. Huntley was […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 17, 1874
    A curious incident occured at the coal yard of Messrs. Williams & Cassidy, at Covington, Ky., a few days since, which shows conclusively that a horse is something more than a brute. An old black horse had just been driven into the yard, hitched to a watering cart. The belly-band, an antiquated rotten concern, […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, November 11, 1921
    Marengo, Ill.-It may have been memories of ancient wrongs, when he was crowded out of the road by noisy automobiles, or perhaps it was just blind fear, that caused old Dobbin to bolt straight toward a light touring car on the Marengo-Woodstock road and knock it to the side of the road, wrecking it […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, January 12, 1903
After Men Had Failed To Do It. Grabbed A Horse By Bit, Dragged Half Block But Clung On. Â Â Â Â Saturday evening Willie Litt, an 8 year old boy living on the west side performed a daring feat for, while men watched a runaway team dash up the street, he threw down his pack of newspapers […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, May 24, 1921
She Fought Off Furious Animal With Slipper Until Neighbors Came To Her Rescue. Her Injuries Are Serious. Â Â Â Â After an infuriated ram had broken her right leg, Mrs. T. J. Stahl, today fought off the animal with her slipper until neighbors could arrive to drive the animal away and thus probably owes her life to […]
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Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, August 11, 1905
Louisville Appraiser Obtains Accident Payment on Odd Claim. Â Â Â Â Because he came in contact with the business end of one William Goat, Jack Richardson, chief appraiser in the office of the local port at Louisville, has been paid $12.50 by an accident insurance company. Mr. Richardson was spending his vacation on a farm near Glasgow, […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, December 9, 1882
    A New York paper relates the following story, which certainly goes far to prove that a sheep can do some close thinking:     ‘A. H. Clark has a sheep which during the Summer, was pastured with some calves in an apple orchard adjoining the house. There were several trees in the orchard well loaded […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, June 23, 1898
Real Ones Are Used in Many Field Operations. Â Â Â Â With the exception of Great Britain in the armies of almost every European country dogs are trained to render assistance in time of war. They are to be relied upon to act as spies or messengers and render assistance to the wounded. Germany, France, Russia, Austria […]
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