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    Streator /ˈstriːtər/ is a city in LaSalle and Livingston counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city is situated on the Vermilion River approximately...
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    Streator Station was a train station located in Streator, Illinois, United States. It was served by numerous Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF)...
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    Advertiser (July 6, 2007), p. D1. "Grins and Groans", The Times-Press (Streator, Illinois, July 6, 2005), p. 4. Smith, Joan (July 6, 2000). "Of mouths and men"...
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  • Burt Baskin (category People from Streator, Illinois)
    partner and brother-in-law Irv Robbins. Burt Baskin was born in 1913 in Streator, Illinois, the youngest child of Jewish immigrants Harold Baskin, from , and...
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    Reuben G. Soderstrom (category People from Streator, Illinois)
    arrears. Two years later, Reuben traveled alone to the mining town of Streator, Illinois, in search of better wages. He labored on the trolley lines and in...
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    Clyde Tombaugh (category People from Streator, Illinois)
    scientific research of unidentified flying objects. Tombaugh was born in Streator, Illinois, son of Muron Dealvo Tombaugh, a farmer, and his wife Adella Pearl...
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  • Streator Township High School, also known as Streator High School (SHS), is a high school located in Streator, Illinois, approximately 90 miles southwest...
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  • Sam DeStefano (category People from Streator, Illinois)
    DeStefano was a devil worshipper. Samuel DeStefano Jr. was born in Streator, Illinois, into the Italian-American family of Samuel DeStefano Sr. and Rosalie...
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    and Southwestern Railroad. The town was named after S.H. Benson of Streator, Illinois, the railroad's general freight manager. A post office was established...
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    developer, industrialist and entrepreneur after whom the city of Streator, Illinois, is named. He was instrumental in the creation of the Atlantic and...
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