Full Text of HR1359 94th General Assembly
HR1359 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to recognize the 150th | 4 |
| anniversary of the city of Windsor; and
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| WHEREAS, Windsor was established May 16, 1856; the city's | 6 |
| birth was the result of the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad | 7 |
| building a line through central Illinois; established in the | 8 |
| middle of an already bustling agriculture section, the city | 9 |
| 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 | 11 |
| large dry good and grocery establishments, three groceries, | 12 |
| three restaurants, two hardware stores, three drug stores, one | 13 |
| bakery, three millinery shops, two jewelry establishments, two | 14 |
| harness shops, two printing offices, one music store, two | 15 |
| livery stables, one undertaker's shop, three blacksmith shops, | 16 |
| two wagon shops, two mills, one shoe shop, two barber shops, | 17 |
| one meat market, one hotel, one lumber yard, one large grain | 18 |
| elevator, one hay press, and two tile factories; and
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| WHEREAS, There were four churches and a large brick school, | 20 |
| where six teachers were employed; the societies present in the | 21 |
| city were the Odd Fellows, the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, | 22 |
| the Knights of Honor, the Good Templars, the Woman's Christian | 23 |
| Temperance Union, the Horticultural and Floricultural society, | 24 |
| and the Missionary society; there were three resident | 25 |
| ministers, five doctors, two dentists, and one lawyer; and
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| WHEREAS, Today's city council consists of Mayor Dennis | 27 |
| Hostetter and commissioners Terry Kuhl, Jim Trimble, Todd | 28 |
| Shafer, and Cary Cole; Linda Voris has served as city clerk for | 29 |
| 25 years; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 |
| we recognize the 150th anniversary of the city of Windsor, and | 3 |
| we wish all of the residents the very best in the future; and | 4 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the city of Windsor as an expression of our | 7 |
| esteem.
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