The City Council Adopt the Way Via Seventh and Under the Track

Posted Posted in 1887, City Council, High Bridge Approach 1887, The High Bridge, The High Bridge 1887, The Wagon Bridge

The Dubuque Daily Herald  Saturday July 16, 1887 VIA SEVENTH. The City Council Adopt the Way Via Seventh and Under the Track. This Approach to be Completed by the Time of the Opening the Bridge. The council chamber was well filled last evening with those interested in the approach to the high bridge, and the action […]

Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday July 16, 1887 The Prospects for the Dubuque and Southwestern Very Flattering

Posted Posted in Railroads, Southwestern Railroad

The Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday July 16, 1887 THE SOUTHWESTERN. The Committee on Railroad Construction Hold an Interesting Meeting. The Prospects for the Dubuque and Southwestern Very Flattering if Sufficient Aid is Given. There was an interesting meeting of the committee of the Board of Trade on railroad construction at the secretary‘s office yesterday afternoon. All […]

Some Points Regarding It, Its Opening and the Approaches Thereto

Posted Posted in 1887, The High Bridge, The High Bridge 1887, The Wagon Bridge

Dubuque Daily Herald   Friday July 15, 1887  The High Bridge. Some Points Regarding It, Its Opening and the Approaches Thereto. The Various Ways Thither Which Have Been Mentioned and Some of Their Demerits. THE BRIDGE. The layers of iron and the makers of false work have just completed the third span and are nearly prepared […]

Dubuque Herald July 15, 1887 Local News In Brief

Posted Posted in July 1887, News In Brief

The Dubuque Herald July 15, 1887 Local News In Brief OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,} WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15, 1 :30 a. m.} □Indications—For Iowa: Local rains, southerly shifting to westerly winds, lower temperature.   —W. H. Torbert—Druggist. —Byrne Bros. & Co., undertakers.—tf —Stoves stored at Fry’s. Telephone 15.—tf —Meals 25c at Sam […]

Another of Dubuque’s Old Homesteads

Posted Posted in Historic Dubuque Homes, John R. Bush

The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal  Sunday February 25, 1934 Another of Dubuque’s Old Homesteads Bush residence, which stands in five-acre wooded tract west of Nowata street, between Julien avenue and West Fourteenth street. Built in about 1850 probably ear­lier, the old home shown in the photograph reproduced above is oc­cupied today by a member of the family […]

Council Meeting The Bridge Approach

Posted Posted in 1887, City Council, High Bridge Approach 1887, The High Bridge, The High Bridge 1887, The Wagon Bridge

The Dubuque Herald  Thursday July 14, 1887 THAT APPROACH. The Subject of a Special Meeting of the City Council—The Attorney’s Report. Ed. Keas Appointed to a Position in the Fire Department—Street Improvement Matters. All the alderman were present save Ald. Doerfler. The mayor announced that the meeting had been called at the request of the city […]

Dubuque Herald July 14, 1887 Local News In Brief

Posted Posted in July 1887, News In Brief

The Dubuque Herald July 14, 1887 Local News In Brief OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,} WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14, 1 :30 a. m.} □Indications—For Iowa: Slight changes in the temperature; winds generally about southerly; local rains.   —W. H. Torbert—Druggist. —Byrne Bros. & Co., undertakers.—tf —Stoves stored at Fry’s. Telephone 15.—tf —Meals 25c […]

Dubuque Herald July 13, 1887 Local News In Brief

Posted Posted in July 1887, News In Brief

The Dubuque Herald July 13, 1887 Local News In Brief OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,} WASHINGTON, D. C., July 13, 1 :30 a. m.} Indications—For Iowa: Slight changes in temperature, variable winds becoming northerly, local rains followed by fair weather. —W. H. Torbert—Druggist. —Byrne Bros. & Co., undertakers.—tf —Stoves stored at Fry’s. Telephone 15.—tf […]

Committee on Transportation and Freight Rates Call a Meeting of the Board

Posted Posted in 1887, Dubuque Board Of Trade

The Dubuque Daily Herald  Wednesday July 12, 1887 THE BOARD OF TRADE. Committee on Transportation and Freight Rates Call a Meeting of the Board. Prompt and Decisive Action on the Matter of Switching Charges—Other Committees at Work. The officers and members of the board of trade are keeping moving. The sub-committee of the directory which was […]