Illinois as it is
by Frederick Gerhard
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All chapter headings and some topics covered within are:
-Introduction
-History
-Constitution
-Government: Judiciary, Finances.
-Laws: Land Titles, Wills of Real Estate, The Probate and Recording of Wills, Homestead Exemption, etc. (over 20 laws here)
-Geography
-Statistics
-Climate, Soil, Plants, and Animals
-State of Health and Diseases
-The Prairies
-Agriculture: Amount of Bushels raised per Acre, Profits of Farming, Fencing, Indian Corn, Barley, etc. (over 20 topics here)
-Fruit Culture: Apple, Peach, Pear, Quince, Plum, Prune, Cherry, Berries.
-Grape Culture
-Growing of Timber
-The Maclura Hedge
-Maple Sugar
-Cattle Breeding
-Market Prices
-Geology and Mining
-Commerce and Manufactures of Chicago
-Lands and their Prices
-The Lands of the Illinois Central Railroad
-Banks
-Railroads
-Public Institutions
-Newspapers
-Weights and Measures
-Hints to Immigrants
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"Its history, geography, statistics, constitution, laws, government, finances, climate, soil, plants, animals, state of health, prairies, agriculture, cattle-breeding, orcharding, cultivation of the grape, timber-growing, market-prices, lands and land-prices, geology, mining, commerce, banks, railroads, public institutions, newspapers, etc., etc."
[6] p. of the publisher's advertisements at end; additional pages of the publisher's advertisements on flyleaf and p. [2] of cover.
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