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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Monday, July 21, 1851

A Fatherly Turkey.- The Providence Post tells the following story. There is on the farm of Mr. Paris Mathewson, in Johnston, a male Turkey, who has the present season, set upon 21 eggs, and hatched 18 of them-having driven his better half from the nest, and taken it upon himself all the female care of […]

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Turkeys.

Friday, December 27, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Friday, October 7, 1853

A turkey-cock owned by Mr. Odeltown, sat upon twelve hen’s egg’s and hatched seven chickens. The “old fellow” continues to take charge of them, covering them at night under his wings. Meanwhile the mother of the brood is attending a hen convention.

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Turkey and Partridge.

Thursday, June 28, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, September 21, 1878

     A curious partnership is related as existing at Chelsea, Vt., where a turkey and a partridge are sharing a nest. The turkey continues to deposit her egg daily, although the partidge began to set after laying thirteen. During the occupation of the nest by the turkey the partridge attends to feeding.

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Survival Of Instincts.

Saturday, December 3, 2011
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, November 2, 1873

The last number of the Popular Science Monthly contains an article on the survival of instincts, which details some cruel and apparently abnormal habits among domestic animals, and traces them to early developments of necessity. By repetition they have acquired the force of instinct. For instance, a gentleman living near Brooklyn recently tethered a turkey […]

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Old Gobbler Kept Peace.

Thursday, July 21, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, July 31, 1922

Intelligence Displayed by Turkey Proved Him the “Right Bird in the Right Place.      Unlike the ordinary run of turkeys, Ben, a mammoth bronze gobbler that one of our contributors owned, had a great deal of sense. One day, our friend writes, our nearest neighbor’s entire flock of turkeys invaded our farmyard and soon started […]

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Chilly Weather Kills Turkeys; Price To Soar.

Thursday, July 21, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, August 23, 1912

Local Butchers Predict a 40 cent Quotation by Next Thanksgiving Day. 325 Birds Out of 400 Die in One Flock on One Farm Alone in Lake County.      Thousands of young turkeys, nearly the entire supply for Thanksgiving and Christmas have perished in recent rainy, cold and inclement weather in the vicinity of Waukegan. Predict […]

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Turkey-Eating Horse.

Friday, June 4, 2010
Published in the The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, June 25, 1897

  Had Eaten Twenty-five Before He Was Discovered.      Squire Letch Weathers, who lives near Clintonville, Ky., has a horse which knows a good thimg when he sees it. Mrs. Weathers raises turkeys for market. She had thirty young turkeys, all doing well and fattening nicely. She turned them loose in the farmyard where the […]

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Pelts Paid For Theft.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Published in the The Libertyville Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Tuesday, October 1, 1912

Published in The Lake County Independent on 10/01/1912.      A turkey which Edward Richardson had been fattening disappeared. Fox tracks led to a cave and Richardson set a charge of dynamite, which blew up the cave. In the ruins he found the carcasses of six foxes. Their pelts were worth $60, far more than a […]

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