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STREATOR , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of La Salle See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

ILLINOIS

Illinois, U.S.A., on the See also:

VERMILION

Vermilion See also:

RIVER

river, in the N. See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, about 95 M. S.W. of See also:

Chicago. Pop. (1890), 11,414; (1900), 14,079, of whom 3740 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 1a _",3; See also:

LAND

land See also:

AREA

area, Small portion of See also:

SURFACE

surface of See also:

HOP (Ger. Hopfen, Fr. houblon)

hop See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf showing the fructification or perithecia (p) of the fungus attached to the surface; h, a See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair of the leaf surface. s, A single perithecium bursting: 2, a See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of spores or conidia. (t and 2 X 400.) 2.97 sq. M. It is served by the See also:

ATCHISON

Atchison, See also:

TOPEKA

Topeka & See also:

SANTA

Santa Fe, the Chicago, See also:

BURLINGTON

Burlington & See also:

Quincy, the Chicago & See also:

ALTON

Alton, the Chicago, See also:

INDIANA

Indiana & See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern and the See also:

WABASH

Wabash See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Streator has a public library and a See also:

CHAUTAUQUA

Chautauqua auditorium. It is in the Vermilion See also:

COAL

coal region, and See also:

clay for See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and See also:

TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile is abundant in its vicinity. The city's manufactures include See also:

glass, brick, tile, foundry and See also:

machine-See also:

SHOP

shop products, &c. In 19o5 the factory product was valued at $1,888,894, being 51.4% greater than in 19oo. Streator was laid out in 1868, was incorporated as a See also:

VILLAGE

village in 187o and was chartered as a city in 1882.

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