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I've read this version, and this sentence from the lead makes no sense to me:
For the history section, the article seems to be saying that there were no major technological advances during the life of this company. However, starting a section with "Technological advances in flour milling were already in place by the 1880s" was confusing. "From that point on and for the next 50 years, mergers and changes in business administration were the primary developments in the industry" is difficult to parse, and would work better by saying something like "mergers and administrative changes dominated the industry". This sentence is cited to footnote [3], which does not seem to support it.
Next paragraph; "Northwestern and their new Ceresota flour brand name were established..." How about "A group of businessmen led by... founded Northwestern in July 1891. The company was formed from six independent existing mills... Ceresota was the first flour brand name." Or something like that. The mention of "elevator" needs explaining.
I'm also not clear by the end of the article what actually became of this company, as the article is short on history after 1910. Because of this and the work needed on making the prose accessible, I do not feel comfortable promoting this article to GA. If you disagree, you may resubmit or seek a review at WP:GA/R. Gimmetrow 03:07, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
There are many Public Domain pictures of Crown Roller Mill here -- Appraiser 17:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
SusanLesch. Can you help fix
this date range of 1889–1990? I don't think that I have access to its citation to ensure that I get it right. Cheers! {{u|
WikiWikiWayne}} {
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21:17, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
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22:25, 25 February 2023 (UTC)