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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to recognize the 150th |
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| anniversary of the city of Windsor; and
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| WHEREAS, Windsor was established May 16, 1856; the city's |
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| birth was the result of the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad |
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| building a line through central Illinois; established in the |
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| middle of an already bustling agriculture section, the city |
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| soon became populated and businesses became numerous; and
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| WHEREAS, As of 1883, the city had grown to be home to eight |
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| large dry good and grocery establishments, three groceries, |
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| three restaurants, two hardware stores, three drug stores, one |
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| bakery, three millinery shops, two jewelry establishments, two |
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| harness shops, two printing offices, one music store, two |
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| livery stables, one undertaker's shop, three blacksmith shops, |
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| two wagon shops, two mills, one shoe shop, two barber shops, |
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| one meat market, one hotel, one lumber yard, one large grain |
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| elevator, one hay press, and two tile factories; and
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| WHEREAS, There were four churches and a large brick school, |
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| where six teachers were employed; the societies present in the |
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| city were the Odd Fellows, the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, |
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| the Knights of Honor, the Good Templars, the Woman's Christian |
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| Temperance Union, the Horticultural and Floricultural society, |
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| and the Missionary society; there were three resident |
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| ministers, five doctors, two dentists, and one lawyer; and
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| WHEREAS, Today's city council consists of Mayor Dennis |
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| Hostetter and commissioners Terry Kuhl, Jim Trimble, Todd |
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| Shafer, and Cary Cole; Linda Voris has served as city clerk for |
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| 25 years; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |