Published in the Kaskaskia Western Intelligence, Kaskaskia, Illinois on Friday, January 23, 1818
It was lately stated, that in England a sheep had been sheared, and a coat completed of the wool, in 13 hours, and 20 minutes. At the woolen manufactory at Manchester, New-York, the wool for a coat was picked, greased, carded, roped and spun- the yarn was warped out into the loom and woven- the […]
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Published in the Kaskaskia Western Intelligence, Kaskaskia, Illinois on Tuesday, July 16, 1816
The Journal du Commerce of April 5, states, that “an ordinance of the mayor of Toulouse, dated the 28th of march, prohibits the killing of hogs, and the sale of them for food from the 1st of April.” It seems that no more mercy is shown to the swine, than to the people. This may […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, November 14, 1921
     Dewey Anderson, well known young Waukegan nimrod Friday learned that it is easier to evade a peeved ram by climbing a tree than playing leap frog with it. He had just shot a rabbit at Antiock and went to pick it up when a large ram abruptly appeared and its disposition caused him to […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, November 29, 1909
The Queer Pet That Was Adopted by a Regiment. Â Â Â Â Perhaps the strangest pet that ever attracted a regiment’s fancy was a pig. She attached herself to a Kentucky regiment on the way to invade Canada during the war of 1812. Â Â Â Â As the men marched out from Harrodsburg one morning they came across two […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 5, 1867
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois, on 10/05/1867. Â Â Â Â Mr. Barnum, of the N. Y. Museum, who has caged in his lecture-room, [which is Connecticut for theatre] most of the respectably bad actors in the country, has purchased a gorrilla at a reputed expense of $8,000, [in reality, probably about $800.] The Chicago Post […]
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Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, August 23, 1901
Omaha Woman Severely Hurt in Fifth Attempt to Steal Her. Â Â Â Â A fifth attempt to kidnap Mrs. H. Glassman, wife of a well-known Omaha insurance agent, was thwarted the other night by the woman’s dog, a spaniel, which attacked her assailants and made so much noise that her husband was brought to the rescue. Mrs. […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, September 30, 1921
    The search for food is the crow’s chief business, although his love for glittering things causes him to wander from his ordered road when attracted by the gleam of some object at a distance. If this object of his curiosity can be transported, he takes it. The crow is easily tamed, but the process […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, July 27, 1922
    News of a remarkable case of bird intelligence comes from Manchester, London Tit-Bits states.     Several people at the Assizes noticed the peculiar behavior of a sparrow which was leaping from one of the chimneys and then falling to the roof as though injured, but nobody appeared to suspect that the bird was a […]
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Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, February 5, 1897
     A story is told of a recently deceased rat who obtained oil from a narrownecked bottle by dipping his tail therein. Then he licked the oil from his long and well-oiled tail and waxed fat. The truth of the story is certified by reputable men, and is contained in “Stories of Animal Sagacity,” a […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Sunday, June 26, 1870
    The following incredible “rat story” is vouched for by one of the well known brick masons of this city, who with several of his family, watched the performance, which illustrates an animal genuity and cunning almost equaling human reason.     A basket of eggs was placed on the floor, and two rats adopted the […]
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