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STREATOR , a See also:city of La Salle See also:county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., on the See also:Vermilion See also:river, in the N. See also: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-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 1a _",3; See also:land See also:area, Small portion of See also:surface of See also:hop See also:leaf showing the fructification or perithecia (p) of the fungus attached to the surface; h, a See also:hair of the leaf surface. s, A single perithecium bursting: 2, a See also:chain of spores or conidia . (t and 2 X 400.) 2.97 sq . M . It is served by the See also:Atchison, See also:Topeka & See also:Santa Fe, the Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy, the Chicago & See also:Alton, the Chicago, See also:Indiana & See also:Southern and the See also:Wabash See also:railways . Streator has a public library and a See also:Chautauqua auditorium . It is in the Vermilion See also:coal region, and See also:clay for See also:brick and See also:tile is abundant in its vicinity . The city's manufactures include See also:glass, brick, tile, foundry and See also:machine-See also: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 in 187o and was chartered as a city in 1882 .
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