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The company sold every variety of crackers known to the business and supplied a ready and rapidly increasing trade in Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa and at various points throughout the West. The business also roasted coffee, ground spices and manufactured various baking powders. The firm employed about twenty-two people, at a weekly compensation of $125. The annual sales in 1911 was estimated at $60,000. | The company sold every variety of crackers known to the business and supplied a ready and rapidly increasing trade in Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa and at various points throughout the West. The business also roasted coffee, ground spices and manufactured various baking powders. The firm employed about twenty-two people, at a weekly compensation of $125. The annual sales in 1911 was estimated at $60,000. | ||
Among their crackers were "Prince Albert" and "Border Butter." | |||
See: [[FARLEY AND WOLCOTT]] | See: [[FARLEY AND WOLCOTT]] | ||
Revision as of 20:04, 8 January 2016
KEY CITY STEAM BAKERY. In 1878 the Key City Steam Bakery was established by Jesse P. FARLEY at the corner of Sixth and White STREETS. The business consisted of a large brick bakery and salesroom, the former supplied with every appliance at a cost of $16,000. The corporation was organized on January 7, 1881, with a capital stock of $50,000.
The company sold every variety of crackers known to the business and supplied a ready and rapidly increasing trade in Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa and at various points throughout the West. The business also roasted coffee, ground spices and manufactured various baking powders. The firm employed about twenty-two people, at a weekly compensation of $125. The annual sales in 1911 was estimated at $60,000.
Among their crackers were "Prince Albert" and "Border Butter."
See: FARLEY AND WOLCOTT
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Source:
The Industries of Dubuque: Her Relations as a Trade Center, Dubuque: J. M. Elster and Company, Publishers, 1887, p. 68