Excerpt from The Annual Journal of the Illinois State Dental Society: Transactions for the Year 1881 The published minutes of the last meeting were accepted without reading, and the roll of members was called. The Society was welcomed to the city by Mr. J. J. Parkes, at the request of the Mayor, who was detained by sickness. He spoke substantially as follows: Gentlemen: I have been requested by the Mayor of Rock Island, to meet you here this morning, to bid you welcome to our city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.