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- ↑ (1898) Chicago Securities. Volume 8. Chicago Directory Company. p 197.
- ↑ (1904) "Packing house notes", Ice and Refrigeration. Nickerson & Collins Co. p 245.
- ↑ Nebraska Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. (1894) Biennial report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics of Nebraska. p 463.
