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October 20, 1881 issue

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The article presents social updates of the U.S., as of October 20, 1881. The anniversary of the surrender of Yorktown, Virginia, presents to the imagination, if not more important, certainly more numerous, points of interest than the anniversary which was celebrated at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, five years ago. There are weighty moral and commercial objections to the Illinois grain-gambling act, recently brought to the attention of the Chicago, Illinois, Grand Jury. But the statute as a mere specimen of criminal legislation is also open to serious criticism, and as it is likely, in time of excitement over the doings of unscrupulous operators, to be copied in other States, it may be worth while to examine its provisions somewhat in detail.

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UNITED States -- Social policy; ANNIVERSARIES; GAMBLING -- Law & legislation; GAMBLING & crime; YORKTOWN (Va.); VIRGINIA; UNITED States
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