Saturday, October 1, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, March 25, 1898
    The other day a bicycle rider found a rare chance for sport. He was near the suburbs of Worcester. A farm wagon appeared, with a cow trailing behind, patiently submitting herself to be led by a rope from the front seat. The bicycle idiot rode up to the cow and began a series of […]
Friday, September 30, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 19, 1866
    Mr. Samuel Black, living about three miles northwest of Jacksonville, is the owner of a cow about ten years old, that, in the last seven years, has had and raised fifteen calves! Morgan county against the State for stock raising.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Published in the Dixon Telegraph and Lee County Herald, Dixon, Illinois on Wednesday, August 6, 1851
    A few weeks ago a cow belonging to one of our citizens, was purchased by a gentleman who owns saw mills at the north, for the purpose of carrying her to Pensuckie, a place some twenty-five miles north of Green Bay. The old cow with her calf, was accordingly driven down the pier, and […]
Friday, September 16, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, October 15, 1915
    Last Sunday towards evening Mrs. William Johnson of Barrington and her two little daughters, aged three and five years, went to get a pail of water from the barn yard and were attacked by a Jersey cow. Mrs. Johnson was near and tried to protect them as much as possible, but the cow was […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, June 24, 1901
Cattle and Horses Do Not Get Frightened in Rough Weather. Â Â Â Â Do the horses and cattle get frightened and make much disturbance in rough weather? asked the writer of a New York dealer who ships cattle abroad. Â Â Â Â “Bless you, no; They’ve got sea legs that would put an old salt to shame. Occasionally a […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, July 14, 1922
                                          By International News Service     Bloomsburg, Pa., July 14-A black bear that weighed 350 pounds and a cow in a pasture on North Mountain battled half an hour in a terrific fight. The bear won. Then Willian Temple killed the bear. Temple, with a keen regard for the law, reported the fact he had […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, March 7, 1863
    On going into my own cow-shed a short time since to see a cow that had a young calf. I found her quietly chewing her cud, and to my astonishment, I observed a large rat lying at full lenth between her hind legs, sucking vigorously at one of her teats. My first impression was […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Sunday, September 14, 1879
    Neapolitan milkmen are very funny fellows. They do not have a milkwagon and horse or even a pail and dipper. They have only little three-legged stools tied to themselves [so that when they want to sit down they are all ready,] and they drive their goats and cows before them to the different houses, […]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, November 10, 1921
Bossy got stuck fifteen feet below surface; Wilson & Ohm to rescue. Wrecker Pulls Her Out. Â Â Â Â Tony Nanjdaus, a farmer living on Telegraph road, six miles south of Waukegan, whose bossy cow tried to get a drink at the original source of supply, brought upon him alot of trouble Monday. The cow slipped into […]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, December 11, 1908
Two Young Jerseys Cause a Turmoil in Hoboken House as They “Gallop” Upstairs-Get a good breakfast and are Finally Led Away by Firemen and Police. Â Â Â Â Two gay young Jersey cows with a taste for stair climbing and a deep rooted aversion for the slaughter house raised all kinds of a rumpus in a big […]