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Squirrels
100 Years Ago Nov. 13, 1906
An ordinance should be
passed by the common council making it a misdemeanor to purposely injure, maim
or kill a squirrel within the limits of the city. The few that there are in the city are
becoming tame and many of our citizens are feeding and making pets of them and
it is an outrage to wantingly kill the beautiful
little things. On Sunday last, a young
lad heartlessly killed four with an air gun, taking advantage of their tameness
to slaughter them, much to the sorrow of the good people in the neighborhood
who had become attached to the little innocent creatures. And then it is a delight to the children to
watch the squirrels playing in the trees in the city and chattering to them as
they approach the trees. A fine of at
least $5, should be imposed for the injuring, maiming or killing one of the
little pets intentionally.
50 Years Ago Aug. 25, 1965
In recent months reports of several
white squirrels being seen within the city have been received. This morning two Watertown boys, Steve Allerman, 14, of 106 College Street, and Dennis Berg, 11,
of 110 Riverlawn Avenue, spotted such an albino
squirrel. Earlier this summer a pair of white squirrels was reported in the
South Sixth Street area. The little
animal was scampering about in the 600 block of South Sixth Street, the boys
reported. The boys were returning to
their homes after buying a supply of pigeon feed at the Rindfleisch
Hatchery Farm Store in Milwaukee Street when they spotted the squirrel. It was the first white one they had ever seen.
History of Watertown, Wisconsin