Excerpt from Hardie Scharle's Champaign City Directory, 1895-96: Comprising an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Firms and Private Citizens Miscellaneous Directory, City and County Officers, Public and Private Schools, Churches, Banks, Secret and Benevolent Societies, and a Complete Classified Business DirectoThe idea that a single canvass of a city is all that is required, O'bis far short of the truth. Every street and alley and house must be gone over and over again, to trace up and confirm every name, as well as to get changes and removals, either actual or in contemplation. The publishers are here to stayby the city, and fully understanding that their future success depends largely upon how accurate they get their books, therefore they have spared no time nor expense to make it as accurate and complete' as possible.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.