Explosion in 1895 Set Off

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The Telegraph-Herald Sunday November 5, 1911 Explosion in 1895 Set Off Legend Dubuque Railroad Engineer   (Editors Note: Here is another in a series of articles on the people, places and events that once made news. . . It Happened in Dubuqueland.) By KEN HOLL; T-H STAFF WRITER   An explosion at Specht’s Ferry on a Sunday […]

NEW YEAR’S GIFTS.

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The Dubuque Daily Herald  Sunday January 1, 1882 NEW YEAR’S GIFTS.  Jaeger & Rhomberg’s Book-keeper Presented with a Gold Watch—Other Presentations. A number of worthy gentlemen were recipients of valuable presents yesterday at the hands of their admirers, prominent among whom was Mr. L. Lang, Rhomberg’s book-keeper, who has been with the firm one year and […]

Dubuque in 1846

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The Telegraph-Herald Sunday September 15, 1946 This Is Dubuque in 1846; the Year Iowa Joined the Union.   Artist Alex Simplot drew this sketch of Dubuque in 1846 from the Illinois side of the Mississippi river. Early Fires Quenched By ‘Old Coffee Mill’ A few buckets of water in the hands of friendly neighbors usual­ly took […]

Special Meeting to Hear the Report of Engineer Tschirgi Upon the Improvement of 17th Street

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The Dubuque Daily Herald  Sunday May 20, 1877 CITY COUNCIL (Excerpt from Article on City Council Meeting May 19, 1877) Special Meeting to Hear the Report of Engineer Tschirgi Upon the Improvement of 17th Street. And for the Consideration of Other Important Street Improvements. Five Hundred Dollars Appropriated for the Improvement of Locust Street Extension   […]

ROCKDALE—–History of Its Mill From 1834 to 1876.

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The Dubuque Herald    Sunday July 30, 1876 ROCKDALE. History of Its Mill From 1834 to 1876. Interesting Statement and Facts In the History of Dubuque County The terrible calamity which overtook this suburban village on the evening of the 4th July, 1876,very naturally excites an inquiry into the history of the flouring mills, which give the […]

Rockdale Industries

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The Dubuque Daily Herald  Sunday August 6, 1876   Rockdale Industries.   To the Editor of the Dubuque Herald I observe in your paper of the 5th inst. a note from Hon. George W. Jones, purporting to correct some statements in my article of the 4th under the heading of “Rockdale Industries.” I regret exceedingly the […]

Early Local History

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The Dubuque Daily Herald  Thursday August 24, 1876 Early Local History.   DUBUQUE, Aug. 19, 1876—My esteemed and valued friend will, I trust, pardon me if I make, or try to make, in all respect, another correction of his very interesting reminiscences of “Early Local History.” as a nomenciator and in reference to the origin […]