Break The Cycle Pitman Moore Insecticides

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Pitman Moore was a former animal health company based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company started up in response to the rise of cholera in hogs in 1914, making a serum to what would be a small crisis for farmers. At the time, it was one of the few companies making a commercial serum. Eventually, the company would go on to expand to other products included eye shields to protect and speed healing of pets’ corneas, vaccines to protect cats from leukemia, test kits to detect lyme disease, and insecticide and insect repellant for use on livestock and pets. Through mergers and acquisition, the ownership of Pitman Moore would change many times as the company began to grow to be one of the top animal health companies, becoming the largest producer and seller and such products in the world. The company would eventually be bought out by Schering Plough in 1998, changing its name to Schering Plough Animal Health before shutting down on January 28, 2000.

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Gunset, G. (1991, May 13). Pitman-Moore the mouse that roars in animal health. Chicago Tribune. http://search.proquest.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/docview/283256605?accountid=10361

Sherrod, P. (1986, September 23). Northbrook Firm to Acquire Pitman-Moore. Chicago Tribune. http://search.proquest.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/docview/290954657?accountid=10361

Cholera serum plant is model. (1914, October 2). The Indianapolis Star. https://indystar.newspapers.com/image/7550879/

Inventory. (n.d.). Vigo County Public Library. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://www.vigo.lib.in.us/archives/inventories/business/CommSolv.php

 

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Go Fly A Kite

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"Go fly a kite" is an idiom that is used to tell someone to go away because they are annoying or have done or said something irritating. The phrase is no longer commonly used. It was believed to have first arose in the 1940s, when it was popular on shows and other forms of entertainment for a few decades. The phrase may have originated from its literal meaning: if person were to go fly a kite, they would have to walk away to do so. 

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Farlex. (2015). Go fly a kite! In The Free Dictionary's Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Go+fly+a+kite!

Writing Explained. (n.d.). What does go fly a kite mean? https://writingexplained.org/idiom-dictionary/go-fly-a-kite

Catalog ID IB0708

Get Fresh

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“Get fresh” is an expression that means to treat an individual, typically an authority figure, inappropriately or with disrespect. It can also mean showing aggression, being impolite, or behaving arrogantly. Talking back or being sassy can also classify someone as being fresh. Cheeky, saucy, and flippant can be considered synonyms, as well. The phrase has German roots but was adapted in America as slang during the 1840s.

Phrases having the word "fresh" were repopularized in the 1990s through 2010s by fast food chain, Subway. The sandwich retailor, whose colors are green, white, and yellow, focused their marketing on the freshness of their ingredients and promoted variations on the slogan, "eat fresh."

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Whitehead, S. (2017). Subway's new stores get 'fresh' with diners. Retrieved 22 February 2021, from https://www.qsrweb.com/articles/subways-new-stores-get-fresh-with-diner…

Williams, M. G. (2018, June 13). Fresh, cheek/cheeky, saucy/sassy, flip/flippant. Erickson Living Tribune. https://www.ericksonliving.com/tribune/articles/2018/06/fresh-cheekchee…

Catalog ID IB0706

Judge and Dolph Is Having a Baby

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In 1890, Judge & Dolph began as a pharmaceutical company in St. Louis. In 1933, the end of prohibition, the company incorporated in Illinois as a wine and spirits wholesaler. Judge & Dolph was purchased by the Wirtz Corporation in 1945. In 2009, The Wirtz Corporation changed the name of Judge and Dolph to Wirtz Beverage Illinois in order to better fit in with the parent company’s identity.

Catalog ID EV0872

Let's Go Bears

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The Chicago Bears are a professional football team for the NFL that was founded in the year 1920 as the Decatur Staleys. In 1921, the team changed their name to the Chicago Bears. They have won 9 championships, including Super Bowl XX in 1986. 27 Bears players are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the team has won over 700 games. The Bears played at Wrigley Field for 50 years until they moved to Soldier Field in 1971.

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Midway Books. (2015). The Chicago Tribune book of the Chicago Bears: a decade by decade history. Chicago.

Catalog ID SP0177

30 and Over The Hill

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Over the hill is an idiom used to describe someone old, worn out, or past their prime. The term has been in use since the mid-1900's. The phrase is alluding to one life’s as a hill. When a climber has reached the top of the hill, they are at their full prime and at the height of power, attractiveness, and ability. When they begin to descend, their life is progressing into old age. When one is over the hill, they are past their prime. Now, with the progression of time and events, the 30's are seen as the new 20's, and the 40's as the new 30's. The age that marks the top of the hill has shifted and changed with the 30's no longer seen as being ‘over the hill,’ and that age pushed to 50 due to longer life expectancies and more you can accomplish before hitting your prime age.

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Ammer, C. (2003) Over the hill. In The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. The Free Dictionary. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/over+the+hill

Grammarist. (n.d.). Over the hill. https://grammarist.com/idiom/over-the-hill/ 

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Washington For Chicago

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Harold Washington was an American politician and the first African American mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983-87. He served as a state legislator and civil rights advocate. During his second term in Congress, the African American community, dissatisfied with incumbent Mayor Jane Byrne, encouraged him to enter. Washington agreed to run if his supports could raise $1 million and register 50,000 new voters. When both these goals were easily surpassed, Washington began his campaign that led to his election on April 12, 1983. Washington went on to forge a citywide coalition to unite the disparate communities around a common goal of inclusion and reform. In the general election, Washington narrowly defeated Bernard Epton in a record voter turnout. Washington was initially unable to implement his program during his first term due to opposition from City Council, but later gained control of the City Council. Among his accomplishments, Washington passed an ethics ordinance giving renters stronger rights, opened up the city’s budget process to public scrutiny, gave collective bargaining rights to city works, barred city departments from cooperating with federal immigration officials, and made Chicago the first “sanctuary city” in the Midwest. He was reelected in 1987 for a second term, but sadly died while in office seven months later.

The blue sunrise pictured on his campaign button served as the logo for Harold Washington’s mayoral campaign. This design helped to inspire the design for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.

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Black, C. (2017, November 22). Harold Washington’s legacy provided touchstones for progressive politics. The Chicago Reporter. https://www.chicagoreporter.com/harold-washingtons-legacy-provided-touc…

Encyclopaedia Britannica. (n.d.). Harold Washington. In Britannica.com encyclopedia. Retrieved June 16, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Washington

Encyclopedia of Chicago. (n.d.). Campaign button for Harold Washington, 1983. In encyclopedia.chcagohistory.org Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 16, 2020, from http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/6360.html

Sorkin, M. (2013, April 26). Panel explores historic role of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington. Uchicago news. https://news.uchicago.edu/story/panel-explores-historic-role-chicago-ma…

Catalog ID PO1083

Restless Records White

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Reckless Records is a group of three record stores in Chicago, IL. The stores’ offerings range from new & used CDs to games and vinyl and has been a go-to indie spot for CDs, vinyl and DVDs. Originally started in London in 1983, the company opened its first Chicago location in 1989. The company had a short-lived independent music label that produced LPs for Bevis Frond and Oakland guitarist Henry Kaiser. The Broadway location has been used for in-store performances by touring indie-label artists and local bands, and the Wicker Park location inspired the look of the film, High Fidelity.

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Popson, T. (1990, March 2). Imports, indies and London's man at Reckless Records. Chicago Tribunehttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-03-02-9001180277-story…

Reckless Records. (n.d.). Reckless Records Chicago: New & used LPs, CDs, DVDs, games & more. https://www.reckless.com/index.php

Rolling Stone. (2018, December 13). 10 best record stores in Americahttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/10-best-record-stores-in…

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