Vintage Dog Deaths in the Papers

~ YesBiscuit
Forest and Stream, January 19, 1882
Breeder and Sportsman, March 21, 1885
Breeder and Sportsman, March 28, 1885
Dogdom, July 1903
Greyhound death in Breeder and Sportsman, October 31, 1903
Boston terrier death in Dogdom, June 1909
Photo of the dog mentioned above in a classified ad from Dogdom, February 1908
Perhaps the motto should have been PUT UP A GODDAMN FENCE SO YOUR DOGS DON’T KEEP GETTING THEIR HEADS CHOPPED OFF BY THE TRAINS.
From Dogdom, October 1909
Collie death in The Dog Fancier, February 1913
Bloodhound death in The Dog Fancier, May 1913
The Dog Fancier, August 1913

In the same issue, another report of a bull terrier death in Seattle, this dog being a litter sister to one of the poisoned dogs pictured above:

The Dog Fancier, August 1913
The Dog Fancier, August 1913
The Dog Fancier, August 1913
Photo of the dog mentioned above which appeared in Dogdom, March 1909
The Dog Fancier, August 1913
Photo of the dog mentioned in previous image from House and Garden, January 1908
Bulldog death in Dogdom, January 1914
Two excerpts from a bull terrier death announcement in The Dog Fancier, November 1921
Pictured on the right is the dog mentioned in the previous image.
From Dogdom, April 1916

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