Thursday, January 10, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, January 21, 1907
Danville, Ill., Jan. 21.-The annual show of the Vermillion County Poultry association is being held here, and one of the entries is a white crow. The bird was taken from a nest last spring by James Jones near State Line, Ind. Every feather is white, as are also the beak and legs. The eyes are […]
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 12, 1906
Despite the verdict of farmers generally that the crow is a blackleg and a thief, the farmers’ bulletin of the U. S. department of agriculture rather takes the part of Mr. Crow. Nevertheless, without the dash and brilliancy of the jay, or the bold savagery of the hawk, the crow is accused of doing more […]
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, June 24, 1907
Alton, Ill., June 24. A horde of locusts has settled among the trees of “Hop Hollow,” a popular picnic grounds near here, and driven every songbird out of the woods. The hollow has been marked for its songbird, but all have disappeared under the onslaught of the insects. Crows were the first victims. The locusts […]
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, May 28, 1846
To prevent crows from pulling up corn, I would recommend a simple remedy for the evil which I have practiced with complete success. It is only to put a few empty casks, with the head end up, in different parts of the field. The philosophy of it is, that the crows have no fear of […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, July 18, 1898
A Maryland Man Comes to the Rescue of One of the Birds Held Prisoner by the Reptile. Â Â Â Â Benjamin Rust, of Chestertown, Md., gives an interesting account of a combat between a large snapping turtle and a vast number of crows, which he witnessed a few days ago. While noted for his shyness, the crow […]
Friday, September 16, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, April 19, 1915
In India Those Birds Have Been Labeled “Shreds of Satan.” Â Â Â Â Travelers in the orient have much to say about the Indian crow, a bird that for uncanny knowingness and prankish audacity has perhaps no equal. Corvus splendens-thus have ornithologists flatteringly labeled him. But a naturalist who knows the Indian crows at first hand has […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, January 12, 1914
 Crow Which Never Missed a Religious Meeting Held in Zion City is Missing. Shame Cry Crusaders. Hundreds of Zionites Mourn Bird Whose Attendance at Services Was Marked.     Zion City, Dec. 12,-“Jack,” the pet crow, which has attended the crusade meetings held twice daily in front of the F. B. Cook factory, has been assassinated. […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, June 7, 1907
    The crow bounty law, which goes into effect July 1, will probably create a new industry in Illinois. By the terms of this law every crow’s egg will be worth five cents at the county treasurer’s office. What is to hinder a man from securing several pairs of crows and going into the crow […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, May 27, 1904
Gun Club Teams Contest in a Two-Days’ Campaign and the Losers Must Pay. Â Â Â Â Hunters in the vicinity of Elgin Monday night completed their annual slaughter of crows, butcher birds, hawks and other birds regarded both by farmers and the state laws as destructive to growing crops. When the heads of the deadfowls were brought […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, January 20, 1902
The Untimely Ending of a Crow Who Swallowed a Centiped. Â Â Â Â “Saw a curious thing in California last winter,” said the man who travels about. “I had stopped for a moment to chat with a man who was plowing when he called my attention to a large centiped that he had just plowed up. Â Â Â Â […]