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  the Committee on Foreign Relations XXIV Work of the Committee on Foreign Relations XXV The Interoceanic Canal


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  Dear Sir: I have just read yours of the nineteenth instant, addressed to myself through _The New York Tribune


id: 12183
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  ''You white men may put on paper what you please, but again I tell you, I never sold any lands higher up the Mississippi than the mouth of Rocky River


id: 35692
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  Gentlemen, Comrades of my father: I wonder if you all know how unprepared I am for this call to come before you; to be sure, I was told a day or so ago that this would probably be done tonight


id: 47445
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  Mike" McDonald for the sake of her two sons, Guy and Cassius, for whom she desires to clear her name of any stain.


id: 42322
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  Hurricane Bottom"--Night on the Prairies--The Emigrant''s Bivouac--The Prairie-grass--Carlisle--Site--Advantages-- Growth--"Mound Farm


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id: 15221
title: A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil
author: Addams, Jane
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  thousands of young girls, many of them still children, who are yearly girl had changed her boarding-place four times, hoping that the men police in Chicago established a requirement that every young girl who This Chicago police inspector, whose desire to protect young girls was earn more money the country girl came to the nearest large city, earned money in this way for a few months, the young girl made an young men and women in every great city have received none of the inevitable product of city life; in Paris, little girls at local fÃªtes A little girl, twelve years old, was one day brought it exists to-day in the modern city, is the procuring of little girls of the white slave traffic, both boys and girls, places a great Nevertheless in some states, a little girl as young as One young Polish girl had worked for two years in a


id: 21251
author: MacNaul, Willard C. (Willard Carey)
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  3. Lemen''s Anti-Slavery Mission in Illinois-James Lemen''s Anti-Slavery Influence in the "Jefferson-Lemen Secret Anti-Slavery Compact," the available evidence Territory, marks a crisis in the Lemen anti-slavery campaign in Territory a slave state, that James Lemen, with Jefferson''s approval, anti-slavery church as a means of promoting the free-state cause.[21] full knowledge of the "Jefferson-Lemen Anti-Slavery Compact" and a Jefferson''s connection with Lemen''s anti-slavery mission in Illinois organize a new church on a strictly anti-slavery basis Jefferson sent Rev. James Lemen, Sr., and friends made the anti-slavery contest of When James Lemen''s early anti-slavery Baptist churches went over to anti-slavery labors of his father, Rev. James Lemen, Sr., and also his copy of part first, or the history of the Jefferson Lemen Anti-Slavery but that the anti-slavery contest of your father, Rev. James Lemen, a part of the history of the "Jefferson-Lemen Anti-Slavery Pact," 1787 with its anti-slavery clause, but Mr. Lemen had Jefferson''s

title:
  The Jefferson-Lemen Compact The Relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois and Northern Territory with Related Documents 1781-1818


id: 17820
title: From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
author: Delaney, Lucy A. (Lucy Ann)
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  With mother, father and sister, a pleasant home and surroundings, what Having been brought up in a free State, mother had learned much to her Mrs. Cox, but to run away, as soon as chance offered, to Canada, where On the return of Mrs. Cox to St. Louis she sent for my mother and told I was a small girl at that time, but remember how wildly mother After my mother''s return, she decided to sue for her freedom, and for morning, before the white people had arisen, a friend of my mother At the time my mother entered suit for her freedom, she was not After advice by competent persons, mother went to Judge Edward Bates mother lived at the time of her abduction; also affidavits of Mr. and (Living with Mrs. Posey was a little negro girl, named Polly Crocket, (Living with Mrs. Posey was a little negro girl, named Polly Crocket,


id: 17890
title: When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country
author: Parrish, Randall
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  round, black face, with whitened eyes and huge red lips, seemed to There was a look in his face that caused me to lay the girl''s head back face frank and honest, not like that of a man long trained at courts to young men much longer." His face grew dark, and his eyes angry. "As it chances, Captain de Croix, she did not know," I said, standing I saw De Croix''s body dart, like a black arrow, far out into the air, Captain de Croix will prove so thoughtful when his hour comes." The young man''s strong and thoughtful face lighted up; but his eyes knowing little of savage Indian nature, may question the truth of my stern face, the long white hair, told me it was the great war-chief of dark eyes and a quick toss of her head, while one white hand smoothed young face, her dark eyes opened in instant smile of greeting.


id: 26561
title: The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865
author: Stillwell, Leander
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  Remember all the time, as you read these recollections of an old man, Christmas and New Year''s Day soon came, and went, and one evening I told regiment,--said they were nearly all young men, big stalwart lumbermen little old post-office and general store was crowded with people the little old log cabin they saw my father out near the barn; the one always liked her, and by the time I was about fifteen years old was head looking old log house standing in a grove of big native trees. men to get to guard the colors of the regiment in time of battle, and mortifying things that can happen to a soldier in time of war is for handing him my little old silver time-piece, I resumed my place in the this move, we left Little Rock for the last time, and from that day I


id: 31615
title: Chicago''s Black Traffic in White Girls
author: Turner-Zimmermann, Jean
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  bodies and live off the earnings of thirty thousand public women in our Reckoning the number of White Slaves in Chicago at thirty thousand, and Open prostitution--White Slavery, as it exists to-day in Chicago, is Agents are continually at work obtaining young girls, the prisoner of the White Slave trade in New York City by a specially appointed jury: dreadful conditions: one, a girl Louise, on Custom House Place; the other, The exploitation of women in Chicago in the vast business of White Slavery broken, diseased women and young girls whose bodies can no longer be segregated vice districts of such cities as Chicago, New York, Seattle, prostitution in Chicago and in =America= furnishing the American girl or For an American girl entering a life of public prostitution there is some Listen, seventy-five per cent of the women and girls entering lives of young girls growing up in our midst to-day who within five years must,


id: 23097
author: Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore)
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  State Senators and twenty-six members of a Lower House were declared his vote elected their United States Senator; and then, toward the member of the House and he a United States Senator. Littler was for many years a member of the State Senate of Illinois, President-elect of the United States, all at the same time. United States Senate two terms with great credit to himself and of a President of the United States before the Senate, sitting as different States, Senator Logan and Governor Oglesby, from Illinois, He continued a Democrat, being elected to the United State Senate year, after having been elected to the United States Senate; and United States Senate while I was serving as Governor of Illinois. before the people, a plan to elect Senators of the United States been gratified when he had seen his great personal friend, Mr. McKinley, twice elected President of the United States, and now

title:
  Fifty Years of Public Service Personal Recollections of Shelby M. Cullom, Senior United States Senator from Illinois


id: 3253
title: The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
author: Lincoln, Abraham
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  This is a multi volume index file The index has links to all volumes. this index and all the volumes of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, on your hard disk. Doing so will allow this index to be used with all the many links to the 3. Go to your Download Directory and double-click on the downloaded file You may move this file to any directory 4. In the newly named directory containing all the eBooks in this set This index file or its shorcut allows be renamed as you wish, for example: LINCOLN INDEX. When using the index or any of the files you may use the BACK button to 5. This archive of Project Gutenberg eBooks in the files directory (see your computer, two sets of mobile viewer files for Kindles, Nooks and The directories are named: Double click on the directory which applies to your


id: 12183
title: Wau-Bun: The Early Day in the Northwest
author: Kinzie, John H., Mrs.
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  The little Indian village of L''Arbre Croche gleamed far away south, in places, until we reached the little brick dwelling of our friends. at length reached the little landing, on which the assembled party stood As soon as he could possibly leave his family, my husband returned; and The arrival of Christmas and New-Year''s brought us our Indian friends "Father,--The Great Spirit made the white man and the Indian. The white man does not live like the Indian--it is not Neither does the Indian love to live like the white man--the On reaching Duck Creek, we took leave of our young friends, who remained travelling in this way many miles, we came upon an Indian trail, deeply When the boat was at length permitted to return to the mansion of Mr. Kinzie, and Mrs. Heald was removed to the house, it became necessary to The time at length arrived when, her heart bounding with joy, little


id: 7988
title: A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
author: Hecht, Ben
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  I walk along thinking about the way the streets look and arranging sits with her pasty face and her dull, little eyes looking out at the small, almost Mongolian eyes he looks like some honest little immigrant But how did a man with a face like this ever happen to think he could "Well," said Mr. Stevers, "the first thing I''d like to tell you, young monotone of streets and windows that it filled the newspaper man''s thought The newspaper man looking at his young friend saw her taking it in. "I asked him," said the newspaper man, "if he liked the plays he''d seen. I remember a lot of things now, come to think of it, like You want to hang around the house like you were an old man? a man who questions the people of the street with unseeing eyes. story by saying something like this: "People are so and so.


id: 35692
title: The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry
author: Fletcher, D. H.
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  capture of Confederate detachment--Commended by general order band of men known as Company A, of the Second Illinois Cavalry, who After a day''s rest at Fort Henry, Colonel Silas Noble, with Companies A Before night he sent word to Colonel Babcock, General Grant''s Chief of men succeeded in keeping one rebel battery silenced for an entire day. LONG ROLL--DETAILED TO BRING UP WALLACE--HARDSHIP OF MEN--SECOND DAY''S companies, under command of Captain Hotaling, were in line ready for Illinois and the 5th Ohio Cavalry were placed under command of Colonel captured a rebel officer upon one of General Van Dorn''s horses. the company was ordered to report to General Logan, with whom it had the following day our company remained at the general hospital and on capture a large number of Confederate officers and men. Confederate force of about eight hundred men under command of Colonel


id: 33773
title: A Yankee from the West: A Novel
author: Read, Opie Percival
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  "Yes, I know," said Mrs. Stuvic, as if she had divined as much, "but "That''s the way I like to hear a man talk," she said, lifting the latch "He looks like he''s tired," said the hired man. "Wait," said the old woman, as Milford gathered up the lines. said, "That man is killin'' himself for a woman." On she came, her feet "Yes, I know you said a man." Milford said that the wisest man among wise men could easily be a fool "That''s true," said Milford, catching sight of the woman''s eyes as she "No man has more respect for a woman than I have," said the Professor, "Mrs. Dolihide," said the Professor, "this is my very dear friend, Mr. Milford, our neighbor, and a man who has lived over most of the ground "Yes," said Milford, standing at the window, looking out at the mist,


id: 36486
title: The City of the Mormons; or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842
author: Caswall, Henry
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  their way to join Joe Smith, the prophet at Nauvoo." I walked into that craft, thirteen Mormons on their way to the meeting in Nauvoo, proceeded that precious old book called the Bible." Now God had promised to judge Nauvoo to look at the prophet Joseph--old Joe, as they profanely termed believers in the book of Mormon, who felt disposed to take stock, to the question, whether Joseph Smith was, in fact, a prophet of God. He solemnity was produced by hypocrisy and false doctrines respecting God. That the Mormons despised long faces, and all religions which required Joseph Smith, President of the Church of Latter Day Saints." Having hieroglyphic representation, one of the Mormons said, "Mr. Smith informs book in my hand, numerous Mormons came forth from their dwellings, came Joseph Smith, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of for Christians of the present day to determine whether Mormonism shall


id: 36591
title: Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard''s Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity
author: Packard, E. P. W. (Elizabeth Parsons Ware)
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  said he was willing to testify before any court under oath, that "Mrs. Packard was literally kidnapped." I was carried to the cars from the depot in the State that will allow a married woman the right of a trial against paper, which had been referred to by the witnesses, as evidence of Mrs. Packard''s insanity, and which Deacon Smith refused to hear read. "But, Sir; Mr. Packard has a right to my person in law, and can take it opinions as Insanity, and to imprison for it, as our present laws allow. "Mrs. Packard''s mother was an insane woman, and several of her relatives Packard, late an inmate of the Insane Asylum of the State of Illinois. had his certificate that Mrs. Packard was insane, which they used as Mrs. Packard''s insanity." Well, what did the "feelings" of the the question of Mrs. Packard''s insanity!"


id: 37646
title: Forest Trees of Illinois: How to Know Them
author: Nuuttila, E. E.
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  beautiful tree in Illinois is in the White Pines Forest State Park near The _wood_ of old trees is rather heavy and hard, of yellow-brown or leaves are needle-shaped, about an inch long, dark green, and These strings of fruit, 5 to 8 inches long, give to the tree the name of smaller tree with leaves 2 to 6 inches long, 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches wide, Leaflets 7-13; leaves 9-13 inches long, winter buds Leaflets 7-13; leaves 9-13 inches long, winter buds THE post oak is usually a medium-sized tree, with a rounded crown, The _bark_ on young stems is smooth, gray to brown on older trees, thick _fruit_ is a narrow light brown, upright cone, 2 to 3 inches long, made forming small trees 20 to 30 feet high with trunks from 6 to 12 inches _bark_ on young trees is light gray and brown and rather smooth, but as


id: 38321
title: Economy of the Round Dairy Barn
author: Fraser, Wilber J. (Wilber John)
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  the circular barn and placing in the center a silo which is 12 feet in Allowing each cow in the 60-foot round barn 3 feet 6 stall room for two more cows, the round barn contains space in the The floor space and cubical content of the round barn 60 feet in The 90-foot round barn would hold 100 cows in two rows headed together, The round barn 90 feet in diameter contains 283 and The round barn 90 feet in diameter contains 283 and therefore, 50 percent more lineal feet of outside barn wall, requiring a ROUND AND RECTANGULAR BARNS, _Including Silos_, COMPARED ROUND AND RECTANGULAR BARNS, _Including Silos_, COMPARED silage in silos built outside the rectangular barn would require two material for the completed dairy barns, with silos, and shows a saving BARN 92 FEET IN DIAMETER; TWO ROWS OF COWS


id: 39639
author: Anonymous
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  Director-General of the World''s Columbian Exposition. in All of the Colors of Nature and Art. Under the direction of the celebrated Landscape Artist, John R. The publishers of "Picturesque World''s Fair," in presenting these all classes of people an artistic realistic reproduction of the great the Columbian Exposition afforded the view of the Court of Honor by The effect of wonderful lights upon the glorious white buildings and the great mass of structures which gave the White City its name, and [Illustration: THE MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING.] [Illustration: INTERIOR OF MANUFACTURES BUILDING.] INTERIOR OF MANUFACTURES BUILDING.--Very like a great city by itself avenue, the great thoroughfare, fifty feet in width, extending just in the center of the building may be seen the great clock, so and the general effect of the great central arch of the building the height of one hundred and fifty feet, the total cost of the building

title:
  Picturesque World''s Fair, Vol. I, No. 1, Feb. 10, 1894 An Elaborate Collection of Colored Views . . . Comprising Illustrations of the Greatest Features of the World''s Columbian Exposition and Midway Plaisance: Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Scenic and Ethnological


id: 41052
title: The Hallowell Partnership
author: Brown, Katharine Holland
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  her brother would come home from his long day''s work as cub "I think I''d like to go up to the pilot-house right away, Rod. It is Marian and Roderick, the captain, the _Lucy''s_ engineer, a "I''m glad that you''ve met Mrs. Burford," he said, as he helped Marian Sally Lou''s eyes met Marian''s with a quick question. "Mrs. Burford will play some other time," interrupted Sally Lou, have worked fourteen hours a day, ever since you came West?" Marian''s "I''m banking on the chance that I shall know him some day." Rod''s eyes Sally Lou raised her yellow head and looked at Marian very steadily. Marian, Sally Lou, and Burford Marian and Sally Lou looked on in silent amaze while Mrs. McCloskey Rod started his engine, but Marian stopped him. Side by side with Roderick, Marian worked through the day.


id: 34266
title: The Graysons: A Story of Illinois
author: Eggleston, Edward
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  "I hear Tom Grayson outside now," said Mely McCord, in a half-whisper to "By the way, Ike," he said, "did you know that Dave Sovine got back last seemed to him as though Tom Grayson had got something that looked like a told Barbara that, when he came near the Grayson house, he had seen Tom "Bob won''t tell me," said the old man plaintively, as he came into the "We''ve got to do something for Tom, I suppose," said Mrs. Grayson, after what was the nature of the evidence likely to be brought against Tom. Then he got the sheriff to let him into the jail and leave him alone "You''ve got to swing fer it, you young rascal," said one man as Tom Tom to court in good time," he said. "I wish you would find a good wife, Tom," said Barbara without looking


id: 32843
title: The Sun Maid: A Story of Fort Dearborn
author: Raymond, Evelyn
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  Also to ask you, my sister, shall I carry away the Sun Maid to "Before the sun shall rise and set a second time the white scalp will he would risk his soul in the seizure of the White Bow. Wahneenah felt no choice but to comply with the Indian''s command. "Even a boy may have to do a man''s work, this day, Gaspar Keith. She says that from the moment that other white child, the Sun Maid, and disheartened Gaspar, the Indian lad set off for Wahneenah''s home. the very moment when Black Partridge, White Pelican, and the Sun Maid "How old is the Sun Maid--as you white people reckon ages?" asked Gaspar fixed his piercing eyes upon Wahneenah''s face, and studied it "Gaspar, too, Other Mother," suggested the loyal little maid. coming to be fed, an'' no help but a little girl like Kit an'' a grumpy


id: 32533
title: The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
author: Hunt, Henry M.
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  "Boys," said the first man, "this officer says we''re away off the road." Mr. Sullivan said that the party referred to was Dr. Cronin, who Objected to by Boland, who asked to know how witness knew the man purpose of murdering said Cronin and concealing his body. and for said County, upon view of the body of Patrick Henry Cronin secret trial had taken place, or that, so far as his knowledge went, Dr. Cronin had been condemned to death as the result of any action of that central part of the city about the time that the plot to murder Dr. Cronin was reaching its maturity, and he also gave conclusive evidence morning after Dr. Cronin''s murder, Burke and another man whom he The State''s Attorney, resuming, said: "The next man we called to "But I am only one man," said Beggs, "but the men who are


id: 38859
author: Robbins, Edward Mott
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  change that pleased not only the line officers but the men as well. battle of Chickamauga was kept on the move day and night, marching, On the march from left to right, I ran across a Rebel who was shot I went down the ridge and came up with my command in time to take charge of an ambulance train of wounded men, over the mountains, to would not all get to the enemy''s line at the same time, so a halt was At Louisville we camped a few days in order that the several commands On March 9th we arrived on the field in time to help Gen. Kilpatrick the Rebels in force across our line of march. last man lost by Sherman in battle, during his march to the sea and killed and wounded 423 men and 24 died in Rebel prisons. On the march each man had to carry three days'' rations, gun,

title:
  Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville


id: 40046
title: The Dispatch Carrier and Memoirs of Andersonville Prison
author: Tyler, William N. (William Nelson)
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  The first of February, 1862, we got marching orders for St. Louis, Mo. Our officers then gave us passes to go home, it being our last chance Away we went; now look back and see the boys in blue coming; first well, that is all right, I will help myself," said Jim. Away he went. Johnnies rode up, took Jim''s horse, came in and asked what had become of told you never to come here again." Jim looked at her and said: "Now "We got into Batesville all right and just as we were passing Gen. Curtis'' headquarters my captain looked up and saw us coming. I went back, got my horse and put him in an old shanty back of the house our horses and one man went back in a small boat and got it and cut the rebel sergeant came in every day and said, "All you men that will come


id: 47445
title: Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World
author: Wooldridge, Clifton R. (Clifton Rodman)
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  school of crime ever witnessed by a Chicago police officer. states that Detective Wooldridge accomplished more work in breaking Another instance: Some working man or washing woman, having saved up state''s attorney''s office in Chicago and other large cities. strange man, or a doubtful looking woman, wants to sell you a chance DO NOT PAY OUT YOUR OWN GOOD MONEY FOR ANOTHER MAN''S BOGUS DOLLARS. strenuous work of Detective Wooldridge of Chicago is summarized. [Illustration: "GOT A GOOD HOME ALREADY PAID FOR, AN'' MONEY IN DE The detective found that there are in Chicago many young men living criminals, the Chicago Police Department established the finger print Five men were arrested by Detectives Wooldridge and Barry, charged Chicago and New York business houses and banks during the last few business was something new to the police, and Detective Wooldridge all that time there was no bigger man in Chicago than Mike McDonald.


id: 50420
title: History of the Beef Cattle Industry in Illinois
author: Farley, Frank Webster
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  HISTORY OF THE BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY IN ILLINOIS ENTITLED _History of the Beef Cattle Industry in Illinois_ HISTORY OF THE BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS The practice of raising beef cattle to market grain continued from then years, the only representatives of pure races of cattle in this state The growth of the cattle interest in the State of Illinois, from 1850 "If Illinois does return to the cattle breeding business, it will not NUMBER OF BEEF CATTLE IN ILLINOIS BY YEARS FROM 1856 TO 1914. "The cattle feeders of Illinois presumed that the time was nearing when Illinois and was informed that the largest cattle dealer in the state The beginning of the pure bred cattle industry in the state of Illinois only pure bred cattle in the state for several years. beef cattle, and the population of the state of Illinois from 1850 to


id: 50034
title: Tragedies of the White Slave
author: Lytle, H. M.
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  having gone down in the street car; and that when they went in Mrs. Kenyon locked the door to the said Barrett room. The affiant says that after some time the telephone rang and Mrs. Kenyon answered it and it was for the man and he called up and said, The affiant then says Miss Barrett told her to come down the next night This affiant says that a man stepped out of said room and asked this The man answered this affiant and said, "You are in Miss Barrett''s Affiant says that the man then gave the said Agnes Barrett, alias Affiant says that the said man, Agnes Barrett, Affiant further says that the said Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette, Affiant further says that the said Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette, Affiant further says that the said Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette, "Mrs. Kenyon said to Miss Barrett: ''Where is the other girl?


id: 50302
title: The Rise and Fall of Nauvoo
author: Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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  prophet appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery and said: stated that General Joseph Smith has given me authority to hold After he so suddenly left Nauvoo, he again said that the Prophet Joseph governor to the fact that Joseph had not been in the State of Missouri by the people of Nauvoo, he made a proclamation that as Joseph Smith from his people than did Joseph from the citizens of Nauvoo. go to Nauvoo, and as the Prophet Joseph had great confidence in him, governor of this State for the arrest of Joseph Smith, and that a the peace, against Joseph Smith and all the members of the Nauvoo city Such were the words of the Prophet Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion founded--under God--by JOSEPH SMITH, THE PROPHET-MARTYR OF NAUVOO. come to the City of the Saints, the people of the living God; friends


id: 32017
author: Brown, Andrew
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  Newark, Ill. Mustered out July 16, 1865, by reason of close of war. Born of Irish parents, in Kendall county, Ill. Seventeen years old when enlisted. soon after discharge from Company K and served one year in U. September 2, 1862, enlisted in Company D, 104th regiment Illinois Enlisted in April, 1861; served for several months in Company K. roster as having enlisted at Newark, Kendall county, Illinois, April 24, 1862, he enlisted in the 91st Illinois Regiment, and was discharged Was born at Newark, Illinois, April 5, 1838. Born in Kendall county, Illinois. Company C of the 7th Illinois Regiment, namely, Anthony, William, George, Company K he enlisted in another Regiment and was killed in the battle of Born in Kendall county, Illinois, January 21, 1842. Born in Kendall county, Ill. Enlisted as a recruit for Company K September Illinois Regiment was there organized and the Kendall county boys became

title:
  Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Roster and Record, April 24, 1861-July 16, 1865


id: 35275
title: 30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago
author: Beeks, James C.
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  Master Masons and the Union, requesting them to appoint committees to Chicago Master Masons'' and Builders'' Association, and who are fully Chicago Master Masons'' and Builders'' Association--shall be Committee of the Chicago Master Masons'' and Builders'' Association. have a right to refuse to work with non-union men, and to quit any they wanted the union employes in all other trades, working on the same work by President Vorkeller, of the union, because, he said, the rule said union, which is that none shall work in Chicago at their committee of the Master Masons'' association and made its demand for the Masons'' association in the present building trade strike to be Notice.--The members of the Master Masons'' association now working The executive committee of the Master Masons'' association busied itself JOSEPH DOWNEY, President Master Masons'' Association, Chicago: On president of the Chicago Master Masons'' and Builders'' association The Bricklayers'' union and the Master Masons'' association met and


id: 33125
author: Walter, Alice Hall
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  lines_; wings and tail black, marked with white; _hooked_ bill; bar Dark slate color; black head; yellow bill; throat white streaked with Ashy-gray; rump, tail and wings, brown, streaked with black; _crown Olive, showing rusty brown on wings and tail; _crested head_; throat and streaked with black on breast and sides; white patch on wings; broad Canary-yellow, with black crown, tail and wings; white wing-bars; female Black streaked with white; middle of crown, throat and sides of head, _flaming orange_; black patch behind eye; white wing-bars; female duller; Male, rich _chestnut-brown_ with black head, wings and tail, narrow white white wing-bars; young male like female but with black throat; high streaked with white; barred only on wings and tail; _line over eye_ and Black; head, throat and breast, _yellow_; white wing patch; female dark Streaked; ashy on head and neck; white chin; _black throat patch_;

title:
  Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago


id: 44656
title: The Houseboat Book: The Log of a Cruise from Chicago to New Orleans
author: Waugh, W. F. (William Francis)
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  broad river, the boat lazily floating, children fishing, wife''s cheery small gasoline boat with a two-horse-power engine. of the river, the water having, in the night, come in at the low side. and the boats started down the canal, while the Doctor and Missis went A string of canal boats passed up this morning, the first we have seen line from the good canal boat _City of Henry_, which for three dollars old "doctor" had a boat with a ten-horse-power gasoline tied up next us. Shortly before reaching this place we passed two little cabin boats, trading boat at the landing above took away $6,000 in three days last levee, finding the boat in the great river, the boys having dropped down day--if they came up to the house in time; if not, it went over till There are many little businesses carried on in these river boats.


id: 44116
title: A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry
author: Morrison, Marion
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  Regiment moved up the Tennessee River the same night, and reported to hour, McArthur''s entire Brigade, (the one to which the 9th Ill. belonged,) were ordered to the left of McClernand''s Division, to At the time Gen. Roddy''s forces made a dash upon our camp, when the Regiment was nearly It moved up the Tennessee on 10th March, and joined Gen. Grant''s flotilla six miles above Fort Henry. South-Western Department of the army, with his "Head Quarters" at St. Louis, left that place for the field of strife and took command of the first day we moved out five miles, and bivouacked for the night near Division commander, the Regiment moved, with camp and garrison mounted companies, viz: A, B, I and F, was ordered to report to Col. Cornyn, commanding cavalry force, for an expedition to Tupelo. force of the enemy, the Regiment returned to camp at Pocahontas on the


id: 42322
title: Flagg''s The Far West, 1836-1837, part 1
author: Flagg, Edmund
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  Prairies, Rivers, Ancient Mounds, Early Settlements Sublimity--Villages--A new Geology--Rivers--Islands--Forests-Public Edifices--Square--Church--Bank--Land-office--"Illinois Island at the Falls of the Ohio, opposite the present city, land From this spot the river stretches away in a long delightful reach, the waters of the Muddy River enter the Mississippi from Illinois.[53] miles west of this village is said to exist a great natural curiosity, beautiful residence, and that series of ancient mounds for which St. Louis is famous, were next passed in succession, while upon the right years since was situated the little French village of _Cape au Gris_, the past few years, St. Louis remains emphatically "a little _French_ St. Louis, like most Western cities, can boast but few public edifices village presents a delightful summer-retreat to the citizens of St. Louis, only ten miles distant. beautiful mound, rising on the prairie''s edge south of the village, are situated upon a beautiful eminence one mile west of the village,


id: 41663
author: Helm, Linai T. (Linai Taliaferro)
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  Detroit was surrendered the day before the Chicago Massacre took place. Mr. Kinzie sent a letter from the Interior of the Indian Country information of War being declared, and on the 8th of August got Gen. Hull''s order to evacuate the Post of Fort Dearborn by the route of interpreter was a half Indian and had lived a long time within a few and talked for some time, when he returned and told me the Indians said Mrs. Heald had not lain long in the boat when a young Indian of savage When the boat was at length permitted to return to the house of Mr. Kinzie, and Mrs. Heald was removed there, it became necessary to dress Finding he did not return home, Mrs. Kinzie informed some Indian chiefs, In this same year Mr. Kinzie and his family again returned to Chicago, party of Indians, bringing with them the mother of the little prisoners,

title:
  The Fort Dearborn Massacre Written in 1814 by Lieutenant Linai T. Helm, One of the Survivors, with Letters and Narratives of Contemporary Interest


id: 43631
title: The Vice Bondage of a Great City; or, the Wickedest City in the World
author: Harland, Robert O.
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  The Vice Trust shall thrive on men''s souls and women''s bodies again. Trust.--The Prices of Sin and Vice.--The Horror of Ruined The average Chicago man or woman knows of the thousand and one forms of young men, come to Chicago as to the city of dreams, pleasure and glory. The Chicago police department is an inefficient and corrupted body today, powerful corporation of Vice, Graft, Crime & Co. Scarcely an individual, scarcely an industry fails to yield its life-blood man who attempted to break up the Vice-Police-Political graft combine, in of the organizers of the great Vice and Graft Trust; a man who has made Vice Trust for police protection, varies according to the liberties given protection money to the great powers of the Vice Trust. If the police department was not a subsidized body, the Vice Trust would bodies of men and women until the political foundations of the Vice Trust


id: 42830
title: Chicago, Satan''s Sanctum
author: Curon, L. O.
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  Levied--Law Department--Arrests in 1897--Police Fix Boundaries for House Entertainer--Police Protection--Diseases--Attempts at Reform--People Protecting--Cock Fighting--Bucket Shops--Women Dealers--Pool Rooms--Police ARRESTS IN 1897 IN SECOND POLICE PRECINCT--IN CITY AT LARGE--DIVISION The Police Force of the City of Chicago consisted on December 31st, 1897, The duties of the police force are clearly defined in the city charter. energetically than by the chief law officer of the city administration, whereby officers of all ranks, after years of police service and Lexow committee, so the police force of Chicago then was; and what the New police force of the city, will show the view entertained by that official Q. Do you mean to say, as Chief of Police, with the men and money at your that man is today a member of Chicago''s police force; yet such is the The next day the boarding house woman called on the Chief of Police and


id: 45440
title: Note-book No. 1 of the Kickapoo Club
author: Kickapoo Club
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  men made an archaeological expedition to the great Cahokia mound The great Cahokia, or better know as Monk''s Mound, together with many Regarding the shape and size of the great Cahokia mound group it may 1. Large arrow point or small flint hoe, length 3 inch Perfect barbed arrow point 1 inch long, semi-circular row [Illustration: Plate No. 3 West Twin Grove Indian Camp Site on farm of 4. Bird arrow point, 3/4 inches long, white flint Madison County and upon which now stands the great Cahokia mound, points are from the Cahokia mounds, Madison County. Some years ago, Mr. Milo Custer located a camp-site in section sixteen _Prehistoric Indian Relics Found In The Vicinity Of "Cahokia Mound."_ Ill. visited "Cahokia" or "Monk''s Mound" in search of relics. same cut a very small arrow point one-half inch in length, and of pink surface in the field north-east of the great "Cahokia mound." The


id: 45558
title: The History of the Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers
author: Lathrop, David
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  remaining in camp a short time, Colonel Kelton was placed in command of 16th, struck tents and took up the line of march for the rebel army. next morning General Fremont and his staff left the camp. regiment marched they were loaded into an army wagon to be transported The regiment followed its old line of march, until after crossing the The regiment went into camp, a few miles west of Lebanon, and lay by on While laying here, the news came to camp, that the Ninth Regiment of regiment went into camp some two miles from the river, out towards military road, the regiment went into camp about three miles to the The regiment went into camp half a mile south of town, on a pleasant Arriving at Nashville on the 4th the regiment went into camp two miles After laying in camp a few days, the regiment again moved out towards


id: 46001
title: A Parody on Iolanthe
author: Dalziel, D. (Davison)
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  SCENE.--_A fairy glade on the Chicago & Alton Railway, Chicago, Kansas City, Alton. LEILA--Ah, Iolanthe was a whole team, and, like the Alton Road, she was they belonged to the Alton Road._ STREPHON _and_ COUNSELOR The great Chicago & Alton Line. WILLIS--Ticket-taker Willis of the Chicago & Alton Railroad. through trains for New York and Boston run out of Chicago along the Credit Valley Railways; one Sleeping Car runs through to New York via This train has attached at Detroit a Through Sleeping Car from St. Louis to New York, via W., St. L. Connection with Pullman Car for New York and Philadelphia, via Erie, Starting from Chicago and having various main lines running west, Its Chicago offices, 60 and 62 Clark street, Palmer House, in Grand guarantee by this Company, and used by the Chicago & Alton Railway and NO CHANGE OF CARS OF ANY CLASS {CHICAGO AND KANSAS CITY.


id: 59617
title: When Wilderness was King: A Tale of the Illinois Country
author: Parrish, Randall
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  black face, with whitened eyes and huge red lips, seemed to float There was a look in his face that caused me to lay the girl''s head back face frank and honest, not like that of a man long trained at courts to young men much longer." His face grew dark, and his eyes angry. "As it chances, Captain de Croix, she did not know," I said, standing I saw De Croix''s body dart, like a black arrow, far out into the air, Captain de Croix will prove so thoughtful when his hour comes." The young man''s strong and thoughtful face lighted up; but his eyes knowing little of savage Indian nature, may question the truth of my stern face, the long white hair, told me it was the great war-chief of dark eyes and a quick toss of her head, while one white hand smoothed


id: 59559
title: Shock Troop
author: Bolton, Richard
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  Zurg did so, noting the relieved hues of his officers as he continued: but the dominant form of life, strangely enough, is mammalian, and How strange actually, mused the commander as he returned to his with other life-forms, should still use signals and colorations to Having once thwirmed himself at a performance of the Dra, he hoped it Leaving the con of the ship to his second-in-command, he shut himself neared the edge of the settlement, Zurg, his antennae drooping slightly mental assault won''t begin until we are well into the area and shock broad central thoroughfare, the commander saw that the street was Watching them anxiously, Zurg saw no The commander fought off a thwirm as he realized the crowd atmosphere itself seemed to vibrate strangely, and looking around, he saw that the creatures were opening small head orifices and striking claims he saw one take off after the parade last night.


