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See also: Iowa, U.S.A., on Lime Creek, in the See also: northern See also: part of the See also: state
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Pop
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(1905, state census), 8357 (929 See also: foreign-See also: born); (1910) 11,230
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It is served by the See also: Chicago See also: Milwaukee & St See also: Paul, the Chicago & See also: North-Western, the Chicago See also: Great Western, the Iowa Central and the St Paul & See also: Des Moines See also: railways, and also by the See also: Mason City & Clear Lake (electric) railway, which connects Mason City with Clear Lake, a pleasure resort, ro m. west of the city
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At Mason City is Memorial University (co-educational; founded in 1900 by the See also: National Encampment of the Sons of Veterans, and opened in 1902), dedicated to the See also: Grand Army of the Republic, the See also: special aim of which is to teach See also: American See also: history
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The city is situated in a See also: good agricultural region, and there are valuable See also: stone quarries in the vicinity
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The manufactures include lime,
See also: Portland cement, brick and tile
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Mason City was settled in 1853, laid out in 1855, incorporated as a See also: town in 1870 and chartered as a city in 1881
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