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Page 180
... manufacturing as well as an agricultural people . Richard J. Oglesby1 Governor Oglesby's prediction of the industrialization of the prairie state was fulfilled dramatically by the time of his death in 1899. The statistics of industrial ...
... manufacturing as well as an agricultural people . Richard J. Oglesby1 Governor Oglesby's prediction of the industrialization of the prairie state was fulfilled dramatically by the time of his death in 1899. The statistics of industrial ...
Page 183
... manufacturing establishments , coupled with increased facil- ities for cheap communication with the sections of the country with which we trade . " 5 And four years later , after almost a year of depression , the Quincy Whig observed ...
... manufacturing establishments , coupled with increased facil- ities for cheap communication with the sections of the country with which we trade . " 5 And four years later , after almost a year of depression , the Quincy Whig observed ...
Page 187
... manufacturing were employed there , and by 1900 nearly two of every three worked in Chicago . They earned more on the average in the lake city than downstate . By 1890 more than $ 2 were invested in manufacturing in Chicago for each $ 1 ...
... manufacturing were employed there , and by 1900 nearly two of every three worked in Chicago . They earned more on the average in the lake city than downstate . By 1890 more than $ 2 were invested in manufacturing in Chicago for each $ 1 ...
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Of People and Places | 1 |
Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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