This Week in History: 1897 A globe-trotting dog meets the Grim Reaper

The biggest stories in the June 24, 1897 Vancouver World were about the celebrations in London for Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, marking the 60th year of her reign.
But to modern eyes the most interesting item was a small story on page five: “‘Owney, the Famous Canine Traveler, Executed in Toledo.”
Owney was a terrier cross who became famous in the 1880s and 1890s for travelling around North America in railway cars operated by the post office. Newspapers referred to h