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Boone Iowa Growth and Industries Highlight Local Prosperity
Boone Iowa showcases diverse industries and infrastructure in a 1920s profile. It highlights major employers such as Artio Nu Air, Rolls Hosiery Mills, Great Scott Candy, and Quinn Wire & Iron Works, plus rail and streetcar connections. The piece notes parks, a new hospital due in 1926, educational and religious institutions, four city parks, and Des Moines river scenery with Forest Primeval. It also mentions Belgian horses, annual achievement day, and county farm displays feeding state competitions.
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Boone, Ta
Dee
Muby
Boone
Eles
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Boons
Chicago & Northwestern
Ft. Dodge
Des Moines & Southern
Chicago, Milwaukee
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
FL. Dodge
Artio-Nu-Air Corporation
Rollins Hosiery Mills
Great Scott Candy Company
Quinn ‘Wire & Iron Works
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Tim
Jana
Des Moines
Melrose
Herman's
Boone County
Woone County