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These are news stories of significant area events.

In the mid-1920s the Chicago area was buzzing with the plans for a dream Chicago suburb -- Westchester.  Many powerful industrials, developers and engineers of the Chicago area spent a good deal of money and time preparing for this planned suburban perfect community.  The following linked pages contain text from a special edition of the Westchester Tribune.  The outlook for the area was very optimistic. One wonders, if not for the Great Depression, what would have happened.