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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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