The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . erty interests, but to him, as to a greatnumber of New Englands sons, then and now,the cry and promise of the West were alluring,and yielding to it he left the East and locatedin Streator, established business, built a homeand reared and educated a family here. Recently Mr. Pettiugill erected a big ware-house on the corner of Verm
The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . erty interests, but to him, as to a greatnumber of New Englands sons, then and now,the cry and promise of the West were alluring,and yielding to it he left the East and locatedin Streator, established business, built a homeand reared and educated a family here. Recently Mr. Pettiugill erected a big ware-house on the corner of Vermillion and Bridgestreets, the structure is one-story, 140x53 feet,constructed of Streator paving brick that willendure through the centuries. Inside tlie build-ing is so apportioned and arranged as to ac-commodate every need of his business, and lo-cated as it is, close to or practically in the busi-ness district, and yet convenient to the railroadfreight houses, the conditions are ideal. Mr. Pettiugill is the exclusive agent for sev-eral of the highest grade brands of flour, and the quality of his goods, coujjled with the closemargin of profits, with which he is content,has enabled him to attract and hold trade overa wide expanse of territory. As this is the. 12:^ only exclusive wholesale house in these particu-lar lines in Streator, there can be no doubt thevolume of business done will increase fromvear to vear as it has from the beginning. THE WAGNER BEAUTY PARLORS The history of Streator would not be com-plete without some appreciation of the moregracious and refining aspects of its , as Richard Le Geilliene recently said, lifeis not all iron and granite, it is beauty and loveand service. The apostles of beauty in Strea-tor have not been numerous, but they have beeneffective and loj^al. Miss Emma Wagner is the pioneer in theart of the aesthetic expressed in the science ofl^ersonal adornment, and it was through theopening of her parlors seven years ago thatwomen
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