Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday December 7, 1884 DEATH OF H. W. SANFORD. The Dubuque Millionaire Breathes Last at Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, City. Leaving an Immense Estate in This City. A dispatch, received in this city yesterday by Mr. Robert Coates, agent for H. W. Sanford, announced the latter gentleman’s death at Sherburne, Chenango county, […]
This is the wagon manufactured by the A. A. Cooper wagon Works. This wagon made Cooper a household name and a millionaire. (more…)
The Dubuque Herald January 17, 1878 SUICIDES. Caroline Roberts Takes Her Own Life. She Deliberately Hangs Herself in Her Own Cellar. A Victim of Narcotics—Coroner’s Inquest, Etc. The residents in the vicinity of the corner of Ninth and White streets were startled at the report, on Wednesday noon, that Mrs. Caroline Roberts had hung herself, […]
The Dubuque Herald Sunday April 28, 1878 AMONG THE CHURCHES. Interesting Reminiscences Connected With Dubuque’s Oldest Religious Organization. Origin and Growth of Methodism—Its Great Popularity. Methodism has existed in the United States since 1766, when a small number of Wesleyans formed a society on Barrack street New York, near the present city hall. From this […]
A Huge Shout Out and Much Appreciation for all the time and hard work to get this new site built to William-II without to his diligence made this site happen; so proud of this guy (more…)
The Telegraph-Herald Sunday December 1, 1940 ‘THE WEB OF LIFE’ Another Story of ‘Beginning’s of Dubuque’ —Telegraph Herald Photo This little chapel, still standing on a knoll on the Henry Glues farm just south of Rockdale on Route 4, is emblematic of the powerful force that religion was in frontier Dubuque. This religious background, as […]
The Telegraph-Herald Sunday February 26, 1911 Dubuque, Iowa’s Premier Manufacturing City, Secures Largest Factory of Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. Key City’s Newest Acquisition Means Investment of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars and Employment to More Than a Thousand High Priced Woodworkers, the Heads of Families By October 1st of the present year the Brunswick-Balke-Collender company […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Thursday July 15, 1880 THE MURDERER’S DOOM. The Assassin of Constable Scanlan is No More. His Body is Found Floating in the Slough, And Now Lies in the Potter‘s Field at Linwood. The Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury, and the Testimony of the Physicians in the Case of the Lamented Scanlan. The […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Wednesday July 14, 1880 THE SHOCKING MURDER. Constable Scanlan’s Body Recovered From the Slough. The Blow of Some Heavy Weapon the Cause of His Death. Criminal Tardiness of the Officers of the Law Allows the Murderer to Escape. He Crosses the River in Peace Beyond the Reach of Justice. A Reward […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday July 13, 1880 A MYSTERIOUS CASE. Fears that Constable Pete Scanlon has been Shot And His Body Buried Under the Surface of the River. It may be that, Constable Pete Scanlan is living, but we fear that he is dead. Yesterday the wife of August Wunderlich, the fisherman,— had a […]