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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the 175th anniversary of the |
| 4 | | founding of the Pike Press; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Pike Press began in 1842 with the first |
| 6 | | newspaper in Pike County, The Sucker and Farmers Record; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, The paper's name was
changed to The Whig Free |
| 8 | | Press in 1846, which was owned and edited by John Nicolay from |
| 9 | | 1849 to
1856; the name was changed to the Pike County Journal |
| 10 | | in 1860, in which, Nicolay, one of Abraham Lincoln's three |
| 11 | | private secretaries from Pike County, wrote his
editorial |
| 12 | | endorsement of Abraham Lincoln for president in February of |
| 13 | | 1960; in March of 1868, the paper became The Old Flag; in 1893, |
| 14 | | the paper was renamed The Pike County Republican; finally, in |
| 15 | | 1968 it became The Pike Press; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Pike Press is celebrating its 175th |
| 17 | | anniversary with the June 7 edition of the paper by offering |
| 18 | | full page ads for the bargain price of $175 for that issue; |
| 19 | | therefore, be it
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 21 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |