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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 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 an estimated at $60,000.
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Oldt, Franklin T. History of Dubuque County