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1. 250 Villagers sign petition for April vote - A color Xerox copy of an incomplete article from the Chicago Herald and Examiner about Lake Bluff's Liquor Referendum. The town "will hold a local option referendum on future liquor control ..." It was projected that town would vote to uphold the ban on the sale of alcohol.

   250 Villagers sign petition for April vote

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2. Grace and Scott Durand - Seven copies of newspaper articles originally printed between September 9th, 1915 and January 28th, 1916, covering the contagious "Hood in Mouth Disease" spreading amongst cattle herds. Grace Durand's cattle contracted the diease in September 1915 and had to be slaughtered. However, over a month later her entire cattle herd was again slaughtered, but wrongfully this time claimed Grace Durand for the cattle was not sick. She files a $100,000 damage suit against the state. Two copies of newspaper articles documenting the story and reactions of Jack Durand being indicted for supplying sugar in one of the largest alcohol conspiracies of the prohibition, with ties to the Capone gang and profiting $2,000,000 a year. "Indict Chicago Sugar Broker" article original published in the February 17, 1933 Wisconsin Daily Tribune. Article capturing Grace Druand's reaction to the event originally published on February 17, 1933 from an unknown source. Copy of an article originally printed in The Field Illustrated in February 1926. Article documents Grace Durand's transformation from using mixbreed cows to purebred cows and how she rebuilt the farm after a fire destroyed the farm in 1911. Copy of an article original published in the Chicago Daily tribune on July 13, 1932 about the arrest of two men at Crab Tree Farms after the demanded $50,000 from Jack Durand and threatened to kidnap his daughter if he did not pay up. Includes photographs and threatening letter written by culprits. Copy of an article published in the Chicago Daily Tribune on September 7, 1930 documenting Grace Durand's statement as a Women's Christian Temperance Movement leader okaying the use of light wines and beers. Copy of an article originally published in the Chicago Daily Tribune on June 24, 1917 explaining the spirits Grace Durand speaks to at her home who give her advice on avoiding bad publicity and alerting her of potential cattle poisoning schemes from outsiders. She also explains her theory of German spies infiltrating America's dairy industry in this article. Copy of an article originally published in the Kane Republic on January 31, 1925 showing a photograph of Grace Durand while acknowledging her for earning "$1,000,000 in one day in the unprecedented rise in the price of wheat in which she was a 'bull'" Copy of Grace Durand's lecture on the usefulness of incorporating domestic science classes into grammar and high schools. She believes kids should also be taught the value of work and learn how to upkeep themselves and their surroundings instead of that part being a surprise for them when they grow up or move out of the family house. As well as learn some agriculture or engineering. Brief printed biography of Sir Oliver Lodge who's work in mediumship and communicating with the dead inspired Grace Durand. She went on to write a book titled "Sir Oliver Lodge is Right: Spirit Communication A Fact." Copy of a page from an unknown source with the headline, "Who's Who in Chicago." Scott and Grace Durand are mentioned along with their birth date, birth place, occupation, and extra curricular. Lived at 982 Sheridan Rd.

   Grace Durand's Dairy Farm

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3. Lake Bluff's liquor issue is revealed - 1934 News-Sun article about Lake Bluff's liquor issue. The article explains that Lake Bluff may become dry, "or permit the sale of beer containing not more than four percent by weight by a vote of the people ..." The article mentions the Reverend Thomas E. Quayle, reformer and politician

   Lake Bluff's liquor issue is revealed

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4. Letters on Liquor Ordinance - Letters on Liquor Ordinance 1) Letter from Elmer Vliet to A. D. McLarty, Secretary of the Illinois Municipal League, regarding the ordinance prohibiting the manufacture, sales, and transportation of intoxicating liquor, and how it is obsolete now that Illinois allows for the consumption of such liquors. Vliet asks McLarty if he has any suggestions to pass a model liquor ordinance. 2) Letter from A. D. McLarty to Elmer Vliet in reply to his letter dated December 14th. McLarty states they do not have a model liquor ordinance to recommend to municipalities until either the 18th Amendment, Volstead Act, or the Illinois Search and Seizure Act are modified or repealed. McLarty says it would be very unwise to pass a liquor control ordinance based on the assumption that certain types of changes will be made. 3) Letter from Elmer Vliet to A. D. McLarty thanking him for his recommendations and asks McLarty to keep him up to date regarding the progress of the model liquor ordinance whenever it becomes prepared. 4) Letter from Elmer Vliet to A. D. McLarty asking if it is possible to obtain copies of the recent acts passed by the State Legislature repealing the Search and Seizure Act and the Prohibition Act. Vliet would also like any recommendations for local ordinances for the control of alcoholic liquors. 5) Letter from A. D. McLarty to Elmer Vliet saying the League will not be able to recommend a beer dealer's licensing ordinance until the State laws regulating the sale of beer are passed, however, he enclosed a copy of the Chicago ordinance on the subject passed January 17, 1933. 6) Letter read at a Village Board Meeting on April 11, 1933 detailing the adopted liquor ordinance passed by the village in response to the repeal of the 18th Amendment. 7) Newspaper Clipping titled "Ordinance to Regulate Beer at Lake Bluff" details the passing of ordinance for the sale of 3.2 beer in restaurants and stores, but beer taverns are prohibited.

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5. Letters Regarding Liquor Ordinance - Letters Regarding Liquor Ordinance 1) Letter to Charles Hummer regarding enclosing a copy of the State Beer Law and a copy of the Waukegan Ordinance and proposed Springfield Ordinance. It mentions that there is some opposition to permitting the consumption of beer into the ordinance and hopes that despite this it can still be put into the ordinance. Additionally, the letter talks about people obtaining both local and state ordinances and restricting the sale of such goods from certain areas. 2) Letter from Elmer Vliet, Chairman of the Ordinance Committee, to A. D. McLarty, Secretary of the Illinois Municipal League, stating the Village has a desire for the permit of sale of beer in Lake Bluff, but forbid the consumption of it on the premises where it was sold, therefore Vliet asks for suggestions or model ordinances which the League may have prepped in regards to this type of legislation. Vliet also asks what kind of classification a person who transport beer but do not carry stock of it themselves should have if not retailer. 3) Letter from Thomas Matthews to Elmer Vliet stated Vliet's letter dated May 11 has be referred to him. Regarding the classification of the person, they would be considered a retail dealer if the transaction finishes in Lake Bluff but they would receive no classification if the transaction finishes outside of Lake Bluff as they are not "selling". The letter also goes into detail about taxing malt and vinous beverages that are delivered within village limits. 4) Letter to Charles Hummer, which encloses a rough draft of a suggested revised ordinance on beer. 5) Letter from Charles Hummer to Elmer Vliet stating that he is in receipt of Vliet's letter of March 17th, in which Vliet submits Section 1 of Article XI of the City Charter of Lake Forest, which forbids the making, selling, or keeping for sale of any spiritous or intoxicating liquors anywhere within the corporate township that resides Lake Forest. Hummer asks how this effects Lake Bluff as they are in the same corporate township. 6) Handwritten notes on liquor ordinance.

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6. Prohibition Party - Several documents pertaining to the Prohibition Party, which held its Second National Conference in Lake Bluff. A few histories of the Prohibition Movement. A few newspaper articles pertaining to the Prohibition Movement. Also a small metal axe with the mottos of the Prohibition Movement carved into it.

   Prohibition Party

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7. Specimen Ballot - Specimen Ballot that says: "Shall the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor other than beer containing not more than 4% of alcohol by weight, be prohibited in Lake Bluff?" Votes: Yes - 275 No - 77

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