Biennial Report of George I Marlow Illinois Secretary of State
The 1880 biennial report to the Governor covers two years ending September 30, 1880. It outlines duties, proposed reorganizations, state contracting costs, printing, paper, law copying, and furnishing expenses, plus appropriations and expenditures for State Office operations and the State Library. It notes proposed transfers of custody of state property and printing and outlines contract costs and payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Harlow
General Assembly
BTATE
Messrs
Gobring & Buse
Lwot & Co
Thevpland
P. W. Harts
Noah
Jen & Bradford
Mo Ainoo
Bt Fa
Iurary
ATS
Apiiuianyt
Trirty-first General Assembly
Olerka
of State
State Board of Bocretary Treast
Elise Pe
Goneral Assembly
Thirty-first General Assembly
State
Ieavin
Esleavins
Sudera
Tienables Inlet
Tresbury
Supreme Court
Jay Saat
On It General Assembly
Theeate
Erin Piven
Bate Oase
Servine
Han
Nealtis
Iaw
Stato
Ningo
Thavcom
Bccretary
Illinois State Secretary of State report highlights corporations and libraries
The report covers corporate formations and filings since 1874, urging annual business disclosures and stronger oversight. It notes State Library improvements funded at 6000 dollars, expanded holdings, newspapers, and geological reports. It also discusses the State Board of Health and census proposals alongside administrative logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Chester
Griggsville
Pike County
Mattoon
Colon County
Henry
Marshall County
Jefferson County
Aviston
Canton County
Breees
Clinton County
Buffav
Bangerton
Gormantown
Cable
Mercer County
Coataburg
Adama
la Grange
Conk County
Ruma
Randolpa
Augusta
Hancock County
New Brunswick
Johnson County
State Library
Ata
Ile
Stata
Grological
Rand
A. I. Worthen
Natuinl History Museum
Ilinois
Dne
Lnst Noport
United States
Svat
Setond
Jan Endian
Water ‘Works Companion
Sasocledong
Srhue
Ouf Awofés
Arid
General Assembly
Pactiok
United Sates Department of State
Bureau of Statistica
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Board of Commissioners
Board of Labor Statistics
Fragmented juvenile humor and dialect sketches in old column
A garbled patch of humor writing includes social mores anecdotes about behavior after carriages, a tale of a hat crushed by a horse cart, a comic exchange about ecclesiastical terms, and a spoof lullaby. The selection features dated dialects, racial slurs, and sketchy captions from various papers.
Uncle Reuben Clay States His Age in Aged Jokes
A Detroit Free Press snippet recounts Uncle Reuben Clay, a lively elderly Black man, estimating his age by counting from 1492 the year Columbus reached America. The anecdote flashes humor as others test his arithmetic, ending with a feisty remark about aging and his kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Clay
Griswold Street
Reuben
Columbus
America
Uncle Reuben
Ole Virginny
Abel
Detroit
Exodes of Chinese Depart San Francisco for China
Seven hundred Chinese left San Francisco aboard a steamer amid a season of closed fishing and harvest work. Mostly bound for inland farming and the Columbia River area, some join salmon packing in the North. Remittance patterns include villagers abroad, with one man sending eight thousand dollars for friends, and a noted photographer’s funds sent home. Also mentions railroad labor demand and Flora Shackon’s marriage to Sir Thomas Hecketh in San Francisco in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
San Francisco
the Chronicle
Columbia
Chinatown
Shaxkon
Flora
Sir Thomas Hecketh
England
The Habit of Borrowing and Its Social Costs
A New York Tribune feature argues habitual borrowing harms neighbors and goods, likening persistent borrowers to thieves. It urges strict reciprocity and selective lending to curb waste, with examples of damaged books, clothing, and household items, and notes a New York congress on phylloxera in Saratoga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Dadlyna
Children of Light
Cogil
Tribune
Omé
New York
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Secretary OF
Bigtie
Ainding
Natural History, Musgum
Build Assembly
Mandal Tod
Jon Nels
Yolpare
Delivarad
Hope
Lochase
Atate Ofmsuh
State Board of Equalization
Board of Agriculture
Bureau of Labor Statistica
Ees
Bay
Alameda Baths
Germany
Welara
Siwe
New Haven
Noratxa
Galt
Lowell
South End
Jonton Post
Juixus C. Snowball
Aminidab Bledso
Galveston
Badby
Jerusalem
OW City Derrick
Saragoosa
Ae Aee
A. Vogeler
Richardson
Nathan Richardson
Canada
Lyon & Healy
Chicago
Oliver Ditson & CO
Boston
Gearanise’. Co
Wabash
Lil
Buperb
Tor Tates
Amy
Mason & Hamlin Organ CO
Tremont
Boston & E
Wabash Ave
Jahocore
Frice
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