Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, May 19, 1908
Artic Monsters in marvelously Awe inspiring and Amusing Displays. Â Â Â Â The Carl Hagenbeck & Great Wallace Circus presents more denizens of frozen wastes than ever Artic explorer looked upon at one time. Gathered in a great steel barred arena with a single intrepid trainer, they respond to his every wish and suggestion with intelligence so […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, February 9, 1912
    In addition to sparrows, pigeons and other birds usually seen in a great city, Berlin has now a colony of wild parrots. Since the early months of the year a small group of common grey parrots have been observed in the streets of the extreme northern quarter of the town, where there is still […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, August 30, 1918
    Uncaged and unattended, a parrot perches throughout the day on a chair outside of a store in Seattle, Wash., and advertises the wares to be purchased therein to all passersby. During the summer time he is particularly useful, his owner having taught him to make this announcement: ‘Ice cream cones-five cents. Right inside.” The […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, September 9, 1898
    Jacob, a talking parrot, owned by Grant Ridley, of Holloway Road, London, England, brings in to his master 300 pounds every year. Mr. Ridley has been offered 1500 pounds for him, but he is worth more than that.     This wonderful bird has perfect command over 4,000 words, and never puts a sentence together […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Belvidere Standard, Belvidere, Illinois on Tuesday, February 9, 1864
    A man lost a favorite parrot, which was discovered in the possession of another person, who refused to give it up. He was accordingly summoned to produce the bird in a court of law. The real owner on being asked how he could prove that it belonged to him, replied that the parrot should […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, February 11, 1898
A Mischievous Parrot That Doomed a Young Girl to be an Old Maid. Â Â Â Â And so you never heard why Miss Elden killed the parrot? said the kindly old lady to a reporter. Well, I,ll tell you. Â Â Â Â Miss Elden’s father, you know, had been a seafaring man. He was a big man, had a […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Sunday, September 14, 1879
    Neapolitan milkmen are very funny fellows. They do not have a milkwagon and horse or even a pail and dipper. They have only little three-legged stools tied to themselves [so that when they want to sit down they are all ready,] and they drive their goats and cows before them to the different houses, […]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, November 10, 1921
Bossy got stuck fifteen feet below surface; Wilson & Ohm to rescue. Wrecker Pulls Her Out. Â Â Â Â Tony Nanjdaus, a farmer living on Telegraph road, six miles south of Waukegan, whose bossy cow tried to get a drink at the original source of supply, brought upon him alot of trouble Monday. The cow slipped into […]
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, December 11, 1908
Two Young Jerseys Cause a Turmoil in Hoboken House as They “Gallop” Upstairs-Get a good breakfast and are Finally Led Away by Firemen and Police. Â Â Â Â Two gay young Jersey cows with a taste for stair climbing and a deep rooted aversion for the slaughter house raised all kinds of a rumpus in a big […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, August 5, 1819
Cow Feasts on Angler’s Prize Salmon and Tops Off Lunch With Trout He Flung at Her. Â Â Â Â The angler could cast a fly, and had caught trout in the south of England, but had never so much as seen a salmon river. Great was his joy, therefore, when one day he received an invitation to […]
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