Full Text of HR1243 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the owners and staff of | 4 | | the Mt. Carmel Daily Republican Register on the occasion of the | 5 | | paper's 175th anniversary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Daily Republican Register is descended from a | 7 | | weekly newspaper, the Mt. Carmel Register, which first reported | 8 | | news to the area on June 11, 1839; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The paper began by using the intricate and | 10 | | laborious linotype, where wooden blocks were handpicked | 11 | | piece-by-piece to form the publication; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In the late 1870s, a second weekly, the Mt. Carmel | 13 | | Republican, came into being; in 1888, the Republican was | 14 | | purchased by Dan Keen; 11 years later, the paper became a daily | 15 | | publication in Wabash County; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Register's long history extends not only to | 17 | | the paper, but also to the building in which the Register | 18 | | operates and the paper's first recorded publisher; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The Register building, looking toward the county | 20 | | courthouse, is a historic structure built in 1848 as the new |
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| 1 | | church for Beauchamp Chapel, a Methodist congregation that | 2 | | included the founders of the City of Mt. Carmel; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Register's first recorded publisher, United | 4 | | States Army Colonel T.S. Bowers, had also made a name for | 5 | | himself; during the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army as | 6 | | a private, ultimately becoming a colonel and assistant adjutant | 7 | | general to General Ulysses S. Grant; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Today, the Register is completely computerized; | 9 | | the paper also offers an online e-edition and at-home delivery | 10 | | of the print edition; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Register is staffed by Publisher Phil Summers, | 12 | | Editor Andrea Howe, News Editor Amanda Thombleson, Sports | 13 | | Writer Scott Allen, People Writer Jennifer Loesch, news clerk | 14 | | Steve Williams, advertising staff Sandra Higgins and Joey | 15 | | Luecke, as well as Susan Wiseman at the classified and | 16 | | circulation desk, Bob Tanquary in the accounting department and | 17 | | Jackie Andrews in Human Resources; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate and recognize the owners and staff of the Mt. | 21 | | Carmel Daily Republican Register on the occasion of the paper's | 22 | | 175th anniversary; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the staff of the Mt. Carmel Daily Republican | 3 | | Register as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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