Thursday, February 3, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, January 5, 1906
Grizzlies attack young Indian maid, Who uses rifle and knife effectively. Â Â Â Â Pony, Mont.-Annie Big Elk, a 15-year-old Indian girl, living near here, fought a desperate battle with two grizzly bears, and finally killed them both, one of them with a knife and the other with a rifle. The girl was badly lacerated by the […]
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 11, 1877
    A negro man recently went bear hunting in Chowan county, N. C., and was soon found in the enbraces of a bear, both dead. And now the people around there want to know what in the world the negro could have been thinking about to let a bear he had killed hug him to […]
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Carrollton Gazette, Carrollton, Illinois on Friday, October 2, 1846
    About the year 1830, I settled at the Lower Peach Tree, in Wilcox county Alabama, and cultivated a few acres in corn and cotton, besides a small potatoe patch and a bit of garden as was usual in those days. My nearest neighbor, John Champion, being better off than the rest of us, had […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 10, 1873
    On Monday, April 20th, a young man named John Bidwell, aged 19 years, a resident of Baylston, N. Y., went into the woods, about four miles from home, to gather spruce gum. He was accompanied by his father, a one-armed man. They carried no arms, and only a hatchet, a dirk-knife, and a long […]
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 11, 1860
    On Tuesday of this week an Indian hunter encountered a huge bear near Beef River Station, and the affray proved fatal to both. The Indian shot the bear, wounding him severely, and then rushed up, expecting to dispatch him with his tomahawk. Mr. Bruin “locked horns” with Mr. Indian, and a struggle for life […]
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, August 15, 1902
Parrot Calls Names, Dog Fights, Owner Bitten. An Exciting Mix-up. Bart Tiernan Got the Worst of it-His Arm Badly Lacerated. Â Â Â Â A parrot, a dog, a man-an oath hurled at the dog by the bird, a mixup and a general fight. This was the attraction in the James Welch saloon last night. Â Â Â Â While it […]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 29, 1879
A combat on the margin of the sea between Spain’s favorite and monsterous octopi. Tokeo [Japan] Times. Â Â Â Â The story given below was communicated by a correspondent; “The author of “Schuykidan” who lived some sixty years ago, was once traveling in Mutta, one of the northern provinces. Walking one day near the beach he heard […]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, July 27, 1894
    The big snake which is said to exist in the neighborhood of Carter’s Lake, Barry County, Mich., and known as “Carter’s snake,” has been seen again, this time by Henry Marble. The snake is variously reported as fifteen to twenty feet long. Marble was terrified and went to Sexton McElwain’s with his horse on […]
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, July 27, 1894
    At Beaver Dam there was a genuine bull fight. Two farmers lived in the neighborhood. One had a Durham bull and the other a Jersey bull. For some time past they had indulged in a great deal of bandying as to who had the better animal. It was finally arranged that they pit the […]
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, February 3, 1899
    William Bridon, prominent farmer of Canal township, Pa., was attacked by a vicious bull and fatally injured. Two brave daughters of the wounded man, hearing his cries for help, got axes and finally dispatched the enraged animal.
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