Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, April 3, 1875
A Correspondent of the Erie [Pa.] Dispatch writer. “Yesterday a horse, mounted by a young man, was seen to slip on the frosted street, stagger, and fall, throwing the rider to the ground. Before two seconds had elapsed the horse was up on his feet again, and the rider hanging by one foot, which was […]
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Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 3, 1880
Cyprus is afflicted with a plague of dogs, which, it is stated, are even more numerous and useless than they are in Constantinople. They infest the various towns and their outskirts, and are at the present time a source not only of annoyance but of danger, for the cattle disease which, although diminishing, still prevails […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 28, 1899
55 Animals Killed Outright Many More Wounded. Last night dogs created havoc among a large flock of sheep on the Clay farm just north of town. Fifty-five fine specimens were killed outright and a large number more were injured so badly that many will without doubt die. The loss is estimated at about $400 which […]
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, February 19, 1900
London, Feb. 19.-An exciting scene took place at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Sunday afternoon. Two large elephants belonging to the circus ran amuck, killed their keeper and gored another man. There was a terrible panic in the audience attending the concert in the palace. One animal was captured after great damage to property. The other […]
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, October 5, 1908
“Are rats destructive? Well,” said a captain of a merchantman. “I once knew them to get through $5,000 worth of stuff in five days. “Japan does an immense trade with China in cocoons, and the first time I carried such a cargo they were packed in sacks. When we got to Hong Kong we found […]
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Saturday, December 27, 2014
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, October 11, 1834
About eleven O’clock in the afternoon we cast anchor in the Burchura Nuddle, with an extensive forest on both sides; when at about a hundred yards from us, an alligator came out of the river, to enjoy his noontime sleep in the rays of the sun. After remaining there about an hour, apparently in a […]
Friday, November 21, 2014
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, October 4, 1897
Puppy Killed by Cyelist, Its Mother Attacked All Bicyelists. Wheelmen were attacked by a dog the other day, one after another. It was no ordinary vicious brute, but a dog seeking vengeance. It is dead now, and the bicyclists who shot at it fruitlessly and swore at it ferociously are sorry. The dog had a […]
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, February 13, 1903
Farmers residing in the town of Bristol fear an epidemic of hydrophobia among the sheep of Kenosha county. A short time ago a mad dog passed through that section of the county and bit a number of sheep. In one flock, belonging to William Stevens, five sheep have already gone mad and, breaking from their […]
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Published in the Waukegan Daily Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, October 1, 1897
The rats that deserted the little schooner Mary E.Dykes, which waterlogged in the lake eight miles off Evanston Tuesday night, showed bad judgement. When the boat began filling with water, not withstanding the heroic efforts of the crew to save their boat from shipwreck, the rats came running up in droves on the deck, which […]
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Saturday, November 8, 2014
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, February 7, 1898
Cedar Inspector’s Battle for Life in a Michigan Swamp. A cedar inspecter in one of Robert Rae’s camps at Hillman, Mich., started for camp at a late hour. In a lonely swamp, about one mile from camp, he was attacked by seven lynxes. Having nothing with which to defend himself, his first thought was to […]