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MASON CITY

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 841 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MASON See also:CITY , a city and the See also:county-seat of Cerro Gordo county, See also:Iowa, U.S.A., on See also:Lime See also:Creek, in the See also:northern See also:part of the See also:state. Pop. (1905, state See also:census), 8357 (929 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 11,230. 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 Mason City & Clear See also:Lake (electric) railway, which connects Mason City with Clear Lake, a See also:pleasure resort, ro m. See also:west of the city. 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 See also:Army of the See also:Republic, the See also:special aim of which is to See also:teach See also:American See also:history. The city is situated in a See also:good agricultural region, and there are valuable See also:stone quarries in the vicinity. The manufactures include lime, See also:Portland See also:cement, See also:brick and See also:tile. 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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