Major Connolly Is Laid To Rest While Dubuque Pays Reverent Tribute

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 The Telegraph-Herald  Wednesday June 1, 1921 Major Connolly Is Laid                    To Rest While Dubuque                                    Pays Reverent Tribute Business Generally Suspended For One Hour While Dead Aviator Is Borne To Grave—- Firing Squad And Bugler At Cemetery— Funeral Marked By Simplicity. All Dubuque paid a last tribute to the late Major Maurice Connolly today, when […]

MAURICE CONNOLLY KILLED–MEETS DEATH WITH SIX OTHERS IN FALL OF HUGE AIRPLANE

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 The Telegraph-Herald ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­EST. MAY 11, 1936   10 PAGES             DUBUQUE, IOWA MONDAY  MAY 30, 1921      PRICE 3 CENTS VOL.68, NO.101 MAURICE CONNOLLY KILLED MEETS DEATH WITH SIX OTHERS IN FALL OF HUGE AIRPLANE CRAFT CAUGHT IN FIERCE STORM GOES CRASHING TO EARTH WHEN PILOT LOSES  CONTROL; ACCIDENT OCCURS NEAR WASHINGTON—ARMY OFFICERS PLAN INVESTIGATION. While in the […]

Fire guts Nagle mansion (Thomas Connolly)

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The Telegraph-Herald  Monday January 15, 1973 Staff Photo Fire guts Nagle mansion Smoke from the blazing mansion blackens the sky as firemen direct hoses at the rear.  By JIM MILLER and JACK BRIMEYER T-H Staff Writers  The imposing Nagle mansion at 1637 Iowa St. was gutted by fire this morning and authorities were checking reports that the […]

Mr. Thomas Connolly Stricken With Apoplexy on Monday Night.

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The Telegraph-Herald  Tuesday December 29, 1903 HE DIED SUDDENLY  Mr. Thomas Connolly Stricken With Apoplexy on Monday Night. THE END WAS PAINLESS Death Immediately Followed the Stroke Which Came at Eleven O’Clock.  Mr. Thomas Connolly, one of the best-known of Dubuque’s veteran manufacturers, died at the family residence, 1637 Iowa street, on Monday night at eleven […]