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Lyric Opera, John von Rhein(
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Broadcasting, Rich Samuels(
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) ...arts stations, WFMT and WNIB. Paul Harvey remained Chicago's lone network radio personality. His...
...into the arena of controversy. And Chicago remained a national broadcast production center....
...network broadcasts. At WGN-TV in particular, children remained a key target of local programming. A...
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Lake County, IN, Joseph C. Bigott(
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) ...a high quality of housing. In 1990, Munster remained the wealthiest community per capita in Lake...
...Hanover Center, and Whiting . Germans remained the county's largest ethnic group throughout the...
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Public Health, Jennifer Koslow(
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) ...from filth; that cholera spread by water remained unclear until English physician John Snow's...
...in 1854, and the exact nature of the disease remained unidentified until German physician Robert...
...discoveries of the 1880s and 1890s, dirt remained the primary, though incorrect, explanation for...
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West Elsdon, Douglas Knox(
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) ...Streets, but most residential development remained east of the tracks, as the land in West Elsdon...
...economy suspended growth for a time. The area remained rural, and as late as 1938 cows and goats...
...Elizabeth Wood. Opposition to public housing remained strong in the area. In the early 1970s the...
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Chicago Crime Commission, David E. Ruth(
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) ...has faded in recent decades, but it has remained active—monitoring courts and police, campaigning...
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Lombard, IL, Elizabeth M. Holland(
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) ...1960 the population reached 22,561. Lombard remained primarily residential until the 1970s, when the...
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Taxation and Finance, Jon C. Teaford(
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) ...Yet the various governments of the Chicago area remained solvent. The property tax survived, and...
...of the twentieth century, the property levy remained the chief source of local revenues, despite an...
...receipts to localities. School districts remained heavily dependent on the property tax, though a...
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Tuberculosis, Susan Vieweg(
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) ...Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium opened and remained in operation until the 1970s. Mortality rates...
...effectively controlled tuberculosis. Tuberculosis remained under control in Chicago until the 1980s,...
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Playboy, Max Grinnell(
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) ...activities to southern California, while production of Playboy magazine remained in Chicago....
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Portage Park, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...The center of social and athletic events remained at the park, which had expanded to 36 acres and...
...the area proved to be difficult, as the land remained marshy, and ditchdigging was the only way to...
...Crosstown Expressway. Over the years activities remained centered on the park. A gymnasium was...
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South Chicago Heights, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...of the two trails. The intersection remained in family hands for 70 years. Local traditions suggest...
...the underground railroad . Brown's Corner remained well known. By the end of the nineteenth century,...
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Winfield, IL, Jane S. Teague(
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) ...the first railroad out of Chicago, Winfield remained in the shadow of its neighboring towns, West...
...when it opened in 1882, and the public school remained a one-teacher school until 1939. Enrollment...
...Catholic Church, school, and rectory. The church remained German-speaking until World War I and has...
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Harwood Heights, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...purchased Israel Smith's farm in 1908 the area remained rural without the conveniences of the city....
...by Harwood Heights, was never annexed and remained unincorporated. In 1960 the population of the...
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Lake Barrington, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...expeditions in the late 1700s, the area remained in the hands of various Indian groups until the end...
...to dairying as a way to obtain income. The area remained rural and minimally populated until after...
...Barrington . Still, the area around Indian Lake remained fairly undisturbed because marshlands made...
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Leather and Tanning, David Blanke(
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) ...scale production from 1860 to 1900. While Boston remained the nation's premier supplier of finished...
...the packing industry, these larger tanners remained independent and spatially separated from their...
...While Chicago's “heavy leather” production remained stable from 1890 to 1930, the relative slow...
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Miamis, Bradley J. Birzer(
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) ...into an alliance with the British. The Miamis remained in Indiana until the United States government...
...Miami proper, the Piankashaw, and the Wea remained. Believing that the Miamis had settled at Chicago...
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Firefighting, Mark Tebeau(
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) ...proved their mettle, reformers pressed on. They remained impressed by claims that steam technology...
...of “ politics ,” his personal authority remained unchecked by written guidelines. Nonetheless,...
...As in other cities , Chicago firefighters who remained on good terms with the chief and survived the...
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Symerton, IL, Erik Gellman(
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) ...Since its incorporation in 1904, Symerton has remained a small agricultural town. Over half of its...
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Schneider, IN, Steven Essig(
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) ...of the Loop. Incorporated in 1915, Schneider has remained a tinytown, with 317 people in2000. It is...
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