This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Illinois House faces long session as 600 bills loom
Special Correspondence from Springfield reports Speaker Shurtleff predicting a lengthy session likely running into May or June if all 600 bills are examined. Vendetta against delay notes and widespread committee gridlock, with gas bills and judiciary measures delayed, and Anti-Saloon League pressing for local option votes amid ongoing reform of marriage and divorce laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Colvin
Springfield
Shurtleif
House
Shurtleft
Shurtleff
Committee On Municipal Corporations
Chester W. Church
United States Supreme Court
Church
Railroad Committee
Guy Bush
Committee On Judiciary
Castle
Manny
McGoorty
Illinois Central Railroad Company
State of
Kansas
Bartley
Terminal Railroad ‘Association
St. Louis
Terminal Railroad
Senate Committee On Revenue
Galpin
Revenue Committee
League
House Appropriations Committee
Bartonville
Insane
Kankakee
Jacksonville
Anna
Watertown
Menard
Lincoln
Quincy
Normal
Wilmington
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Chicago
Geneva
St. Charles