The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-19
ONLY COMPLETE AND RELiABL=
WORK OF ITS KIND EVER
PUT FORTH.
HAS Al ILLUSTRATORS
Three Hundred Pages Tell OF All I'm
oortant Incidents From Foun-
dation Of City to Pres
ent Time.

ne GNIA 1pA!piSte ahA hhoi ou5H''
te..ar'e history OF cairo ever written
ready for the public. II is the re.
ault OF years of painstaking labor by
Judge John M Lansden and comes
rom the Lake Side Press, r. r. Don
lelly & Sous Co, Chicago, a concern
which does not place it's imprint upou
any work that is not mp to the high
asst standard from every point o.
view II is therefore, a fine piece of
wc,sA mechanically. but its chief
alue to the people of Cairo lies in
he matter it presents, selected with
IA discrimination which probably no
ether man in Cairo would be able to
exercise with such due appreciation
If its bearing upon important matters
and events, which are likely to be
subjects of inquiry and controversy
in future years. On such matters
ana incidents the book offers fac
smile or verbatim copies of officia!
documents bearings upon them, II,
.or instance, the chapter on The
Wharf and Neutrality-suspicious.
tights" which is just now about to
,e made subject of inquiry by q
legislative committee. and on which
Judge Lansden tells of former efforts
made by citizens TO contest the claims
If the Trustees OF the Cairo Property.
The book begins with a Sketch of
he Illinois Country" and ends with
,hapter XXXHII. in which Cairo as
| Business Place--The Future of the
,ity," receives attention.
The frontispiece is an exeellenr
LIKENESS Of the author, one of score
nd during all that time have beer
prominent in the city's affairs In the
Preface the author gives some idea in
general way of what the book con
aims. He says:
Il have lived in Cairo forty years
nd during all that time haev been
ngaged in the practice of the PRO-
ession OF law. | ought, therefore, to
fairly we'll acquainted with wha;
as taken place, during that time, in
nd concerning the city and which
as worthy of record or of a place
its history. For many years / have
reserved papers and documents
elating to the city, not at first with
view TO writing history thereof.
MT just as any one would preserve
apers or documents he regarded as
more than usual interest These
ave so accumulated that | have felt
could in no other way DO better
ervice for the people Of Cairo than
y using them and other materials
n the preparation of a history OF the
ity. Besides this have not known
any one who had in contemplation
he undertaking here attempted.
In the year 1864, Mr.. Moses B
farrell. then long resident of Cairo
yrote an excellent short history o.
ne city and the same became the
rst City pages of city directory of
nat year.
The history of Alexander, Union,
nd Pulaski Counties, published In
SS3, twenty-seyen years ago, Goa,
aims three several parts relating &c
afro. These parts were written by
Ir II G. Bradsby, who had before
hat time resided in Cairo many
ears. The book is a large one and
,ontains many biographical sketches
citizens Of Cairo. There are quite
number of copies OF this history in
ne city ! suppose; but of Mr.. Har-
HIS history, there are now only a
ny few copies.
THIS history must necessarily
,ntain much that is found In the
her two, just as the second contains
UGH that is found in the first; but
save found great deal which
i've deemed worthy Of permanent
cord, which is not embraced In
her of the other two books; and
fther, many matters merely touch.
| upon in them / have presented
UGH more July.
1T will be seen that the book con
ms much historical information
about that part of our country which
embraces Our city, county and state
lformatlon that might have been
nitted without affecting the local
STORY; but it is believed little OF T.
ill be found SO foreign 10 the local
istory as to seem wholly out OF
lace Local history would be very
zeal indeed, which did not here and
aere show the relation Of the local.
yto much that was outside AMI
artaned to the country at large
hen, too, ave desired to create,
some small degree at least, de
re IN the younger people of our
immunity to know more Of this part
the Valley of the Mississippi
tr illinois Country, in some respect
e richest part naturally OF the
nited States
Il have not been able to devote
ucf time or space to biographical
Fetches. Ordinarily. 1t is quite dif
cult enough to choose between what
lught and ought not to go into 10
eal history like this. The book should