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RATTLESNAKES. The writers of the Daily Herald reported in August, 1879 that rattlesnakes were more numerous than they had been for many previous seasons. A farmer named Benjamin Thiesen had recently killed five in one day. A Mrs. Leffelholz of East Dubuque had been bitten while picking berries. She ran to the house, but her foot and leg had swollen to almost twice their natural size. | RATTLESNAKES. The writers of the ''Daily Herald'' reported in August, 1879 that rattlesnakes were more numerous than they had been for many previous seasons. A farmer named Benjamin Thiesen had recently killed five in one day. A Mrs. Leffelholz of East Dubuque had been bitten while picking berries. She ran to the house, but her foot and leg had swollen to almost twice their natural size. | ||
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A picnic party of ten couples visited Twin Springs in August, 1888 and on the way home saw two rattlesnakes. (2) | A picnic party of ten couples visited Twin Springs in August, 1888 and on the way home saw two rattlesnakes. (2) | ||
The ''Dubuque Herald'' writers commented on August 18, 1889 that accounts of | The ''Dubuque Herald'' writers commented on August 18, 1889 that accounts of rattlesnakes being killed appeared in nearly all the papers. "There seems to be more of them in Iowa this year than ever before." | ||
On May 19, 2004 students at [[STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL]] witnessed Dan Roth of Galena, Illinois bitten by a rattlesnake during his "Snakes Alive" presentation. The snake's fangs went through a balloon he was holding ad hit his hand. Roth was taken to University Hospitals in Iowa | On May 19, 2004 students at [[STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL]] witnessed Dan Roth of Galena, Illinois bitten by a rattlesnake during his "Snakes Alive" presentation. The snake's fangs went through a balloon he was holding ad hit his hand. Roth was taken to University Hospitals in Iowa City. (3) | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:50, 22 January 2021
RATTLESNAKES. The writers of the Daily Herald reported in August, 1879 that rattlesnakes were more numerous than they had been for many previous seasons. A farmer named Benjamin Thiesen had recently killed five in one day. A Mrs. Leffelholz of East Dubuque had been bitten while picking berries. She ran to the house, but her foot and leg had swollen to almost twice their natural size.
She was too far gone to make them understand to
kill a chicken so that she might bind the flesh
upon the wound, which is said to be a remedy for
the bite of the rattlesnake. (1)
A picnic party of ten couples visited Twin Springs in August, 1888 and on the way home saw two rattlesnakes. (2)
The Dubuque Herald writers commented on August 18, 1889 that accounts of rattlesnakes being killed appeared in nearly all the papers. "There seems to be more of them in Iowa this year than ever before."
On May 19, 2004 students at STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL witnessed Dan Roth of Galena, Illinois bitten by a rattlesnake during his "Snakes Alive" presentation. The snake's fangs went through a balloon he was holding ad hit his hand. Roth was taken to University Hospitals in Iowa City. (3)
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Source:
1. "The Deadly Rattlesnake," Daily Herald, August 10, 1879, p. 4
2. "Caught on the Fly," The Herald, August 21, 1888, p. 4
3. Snake Handler Bitten During Demonstration," Telegraph Herald, May 22, 2004, p. 1
