The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday July 31, 1887 Another Railroad Practicable. The new railroad proposed to be built, or rather started by Dubuque capital, is being called the Southwestern. This comes from two reasons, that its projected course leaves Dubuque and runs for a few miles to the southwest and more particularly because it will open […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday July 31, 1887 NORTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION. The Minnesota and Northwestern Throws a Bomb into the Railroad Camp. The managers of the Northwestern Traffic association have found a confirmation of their fears in letters which have been received from the president and traffic manager of the Minnesota proving that there is a strong […]
The Dubuque Herald July 31, 1887 Local News In Brief OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,} WASHINGTON, D. C., July 31, 1 :30 a. m.} Indications—For Iowa: Higher temperature in western portion; stationary temperature in eastern portion, fair weather; variable winds, becoming southerly. —W. H. Torbert—Druggist. —Byrne Bros. & Co., undertakers.—tf —Stoves stored at […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday July 30, 1887 THE SWITCHES. Commissioners Cofflin and Smith Visit Dubuque to Learn of the Switching Charges The Case Presented Before Them by the Different Ones Agrieved—The Switches Visited. The Gentlemen to Come Again Some Day Next Week to Finish up the Matter. At an hour agreed upon the preceding evening, […]
The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal Sunday May 13, 1934 Home of President Maker in Dubuque Built by Man Who Traced Ancestory to George Washington; Colonial THE JOHN T. ADAMS HOME LATE PHOTO OF THE ADAMS HOME Mansion Constructed Here for General Warner Lewis Built by a man who traced his ancestry to the family of […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday July 30, 1887 THE RAILROADS. Fears Expressed That the Minnesota and Northwestern May Cause a Disruption in Rates. The Central to Go to Sioux Falls and Probably Beyond A New Time Card Promulgated. There are signs of serious trouble ahead for the roads running northwest from Chicago. It is intimated that […]
The Dubuque Herald July 30, 1887 Local News In Brief OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,} WASHINGTON, D. C., July 30, 1 :30 a. m.} Indications—For Iowa: Cooler, fair weather, southerly winds in eastern portion, westerly winds in western portion —W. H. Torbert—Druggist. —Byrne Bros. & Co., undertakers.—tf —Stoves stored at Fry’s. Telephone 15.—tf […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday July 29, 1894 WALKS ABOUT DUBUQUE Some of the Famous Old Houses Before the War. THE MANSIONS ON THE HILL. The Manor Houses of the Boom Days of ’56—Langworthy Residences—-Those on Alpine Street—Many in Southern Style—Some of the Famous Mansions of the City—The Colonel Goes Into History. “I will tell […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Friday, July 29, 1887 THOSE SWITCHING RATES. The Railway Commissioners to be Here To-day to Complaints in the Matter. An Enthusiastic Meeting of the Transportation Committee to Prepare the Matter for Their Reception. The matter of switching charges in the city of Dubuque is about to be brought to a head to-day. […]
The Dubuque Herald July 29, 1887 Local News In Brief OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,} WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29, 1 :30 a. m.} Indications—For Iowa: Fair weather, stationery temperature, in eastern portion, higher temperature to western portion, variable winds, generally easterly. —W. H. Torbert—Druggist. —Byrne Bros. & Co., undertakers.—tf —Stoves stored at […]