Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, March 27, 1903
Brandywine Manor had a large colony of grey squirrels, but no shooting is permitted near the village, the squirrels being the pets of all the residents of the place. A number of years ago the late William Rettew, who resided in the village, discovered a number of squirrels in the garret of his house and […]
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Published in the Waukegan Daily Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, October 28, 1897
A novel sight of squirrels migrating was witnessed near Cumberland, Md. A drove which an eye witness estimated to contain at least 3,000 swam across the Potomac river. About 300 of them were killed by men and boys were they got into the woods.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, October 25, 1855
On the 20th of September there were two parties of hunters organized at Defiance, Ohio, for a squirrel hunt; one party headed by A. L. Down and the other by Mr. Boffinger. The whole number of squirrels killed was 815, averaging over forty each. Down himself killed one hundred and fifty.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, April 29, 1920
Animals are Tapping the Fruit and Maple Trees While Citizens Roar. Police Are Powerless. W. M. Peterson, for many years chief of police at Lake Bluff, who now holds a similar position at Winnetka, is going “nutty” trying to figure out how he can prevent the squirrels from ruining valuable maple and fruit trees of […]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, September 5, 1844
A correspondent of the Philadelphia North American, writing from the borders of Lake Champlain, confirms a statement made by Dr, Morse in his well known geography, and which has by some been regarded as fabulous. He says: “A word on the instinct of the squirrels here. When they wish to move from one island to […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, October 6, 1837
At a squirrel hunt which recently took place in the neighborhood of Fishing creek, Tyler county, Virginia, 13,000 squirrels were killed. The party consisted of 60 men, 31 on each side, and the hunt continued two days. The corn crop in that neighborhood, it is said, was in danger of being annihilated by this little […]
Monday, September 17, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 7, 1886
Oregon pays a bounty of 2 cents for every squirrel killed, and one man was recently paid for 125,000 squirrel tails which he had collected.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Published in the Waukegan DailySun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, December 15, 1922
A rope made of 3,000 gopher [ground squirrel tails was recently on display at the office of the Montana extension director, awaiting shipment to the biological survey of the United States Department of Agriculture. The rope was made by the Blackfeet Indian chief Split-Ear, and his tribal assistants, who live near Browning, in Glacier county, […]
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Published in the Waukegan DailySun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, May 8, 1896
A prize of $250 for a method of inoculating squirrels with some contagious fatal disease is offered by the Commercial Association of Pendleton, Ore., and it is believed the county authorities will add to the sum offered. The farmers of that region are at their wits end as to how to mitigate the plague of […]
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, November 25, 1876
The Havana Journal says: We recently heard of a good joke perpetrated by a Chemung county farmer, a member of the Elmira Farmers’ Club. He had been bothered greatly by hunters from the city, who had entered his woods with a perfect abandon and slaughtered the squirrels in great numbers. One day he procured two […]