Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, September 12, 1885
[Chicago Journal]
    Capt. Lloyd has been traveling in Scandinavia, where wolves are abundant. The animals are very fond of pork, and his plan of enticing them in order to shoot them was th keep a live pig in his sledge, and to pinch him in the night-time. In order further to deceive the wolves, he fastened a bundle of straw, covered with a black sheep-skin, to a rope fifty feet long and dangled it when the sledge was in motion. The wolves heard the pig squeak, and, thinking the bundle was a pig, came near enough to be picked off with a rifle.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 24, 1885
A Little Babe Carried Off Before Its Mother’s Eyes.
    Montreal, Can., Oct. 16.-Thursday morning as the wife of Jean Baptiste Romilly, a farmer in St. Vincent de Paul, a village about ten miles from Montreal, was feeding her fowls, while her child, about 2 years, was playing around, suddenly a large baldheaded eagle swooped down and bore the little one off in its talons. The child screamed and extended its arms to its mother, who was powerless to render assistance. The screams of the child, however, attracted the neighbors, who with shot-guns pursued the eagle.
    The bird was seen to alight with its prey upon the roof of a barn a mile distant. Lifting up its head with one powerful stroke it began its horrid feast. At the near approach of the neighbors, who were firing guns to frighten it, the eagle took flight, leaving the child behind. When the body was recovered life was extinct. The skull was split in two and a part had been devoured.
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, May 17, 1901
Wooster, Ohio, Woman Learns Cause of Six Years Suffering.
    Mrs. Mary Swain of Wooster, Ohio, has been complaining of pains in her stomach for the past six years. A few weeks ago she commenced treatment with a county physician, who gave her medicine for stomach worms. The remedy brought to light the startling discovery that her stomach contained a snake two feet long. She is suffering from poisonous effects, but will recover.
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, April 5, 1907
    A hen belonging to Chas. Woolridge of Libertyville is an ardent disciple of the frenzied life. Twice recently she has laid eggs with three complete yolks inside. The eggs, nearly six inches long, measure over a foot in circumference measuring around the tips.
    All the hens in the neighboring henneries have given up in disgust and an egg famine is feared as the shame of the other hens is such that they refuse to lay common ordinary eggs. Mr. Wollridge stands sponcor for the story and can produce the hen if his word is doubted.
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, April 5, 1907
Mail Carrier Seriously Injured by Terriffied Team-Horses upset Mail Wagon and break Carrier’s Ribs and Collar Bone.
    Lake Villa was the scene of a thrilling runaway last week and as a result Earnest Shepardson, the rural mail carrier for that village is in a critical condition at his home, with three ribs broken and his collar bone fractured.
    The accident was the result of a team of horses belonging to a farmer by the name of Manzer taking fright at an engine upon the tracks. Manzer was bringing his milk to the station when his team became unmanageable. They tore down the main street of Lake Villa at a terriffic speed. Shepardson was just starting on his daily delivery of mail and before he had time to leave the road the frightened animals were upon him.
    The pole of the wagon ripped the side of the mail wagon like kindling and horses, rig and man were thrown into the ditch in an unrecognizagle mass. The accident was almost in the center of the village. Assistance came almost immediatly. Shepardson was taken from the wreck bleeding, and in a semi-conscious state and later, after a physician dressed his wounds, was removed to his home.
Published in the Waukegan Daily News, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, October 5, 1906
    While Abe Diamond was driving across the Chicago & Northwestern tracks at Madison street, east side, this morning, his horse became frightened at a passing engine and turned completely around in the harness, unhitching himself with the exception of one tug.
    The junk dealer now claims the possession of the champion trick horse of Lake county.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 16, 1886
    Reading, Pa., Jan. 14.-While Cyrus P. Miller, a leading lawyer of Lebanon, was riding in a sleigh through the streets of that city Tuesday, the horse drew up in front of a bank at which Mr. Miller was accustomed to stop. It was then discovered that he was dead, though the corpse sat upright in the sleigh. The deceased was 65 years old. It is throught that his death was due to heart disease.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, January 30, 1912
Several women injured as Result of Scramble for Strickly New Produce.
    Superior, Wis.,-Jan. 30.-An auction of several dozen fresh eggs caused such a scramble of women that many suffered pulled hair, torn clothing, and bruises.
    Some even climbed to the windows of the building where the eggs were being sold. The eggs were those laid during the poultry show just closed.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 10, 1880
    The smartest Newfoundland dog yet discovered lives at Haverhill, Mass. He meets the newsboy at the gate every morning and carries his master’s paper into the house, that is, he did so the other day, when his master stopped taking the paper. The next morning the dog noticed the boy passing on the other side without leaving the newspaper, went over and took the whole bundle from him and carried them into the house.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 10, 1880
Groton [N. Y.] Journal.
    We think that A. H. Clark has the sheep that stands No. 1, as far as sagacity is concerned. It is a male, and during the summer was pastured with some calves in an apple-crchard adjoining the residence. There were several trees in the orchard well loaded with early fruit. The trees were about six inches in diameter. One evening Mr. Clark heard considerable noise in the orchard, and, upon investigation, found the sheep and calves quietly eating apples under one of the trees; in a few minutes all the apples were eaten, when, to his surprise, he saw the sheep back off several yards from the tree and then butt it with all force, bringing down a quantity of fruit; this they proceeded to eat as before, and when the supply gave out the sheep replenished it as before. This was continued until appetite was appeased. So persistent was the sheep in his novel mode of tree-shaking that Mr. Clark was obliged to protect the trees, lest the continual bruising of the bark should cause permanent injury.