Long before John Deere Came to Dubuque there was . . . . . . . The Dubuque Herald Tuesday May 15, 1877 PLOW WORKS IN DUBUQUE. An Enterprise Which Should be Encouraged. The need of a plow factory in Dubuque has long been felt by our business men. No better opening for one is […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Friday January 14, 1876 DUBUQUE INDUSTRIES. The Livery Business——Its Extent and Value. Blooded Stock and Costly Equipages. The term livery is derived from the French livrees, a word designating clothes given by the early kings of France to their dependents, or from the custom or cavaliers distinguishing themselves at tournaments by wearing […]
The Dubuque Herald Wednesday August 7, 1878 NEW ENTERPRISE. The Key City Steam Bakery and Cracker Factory. Dubuque keeps steadily up to the point of commercial importance, and as fast as demand indicates, her manufactories increase. Mr. J. P. Farley and A. Wolcott, the former an old and valued resident of this city, and the latter, […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday December 31. 1889 Mr. DICKEY’S DEAL, Dubuque in the Future to be an Important Shipbuilding City. Mr. Dickey Has Purchased the Iowa Iron Works and Will Manufacture Steel Hulls for Steamboats. A new deal has been made within the last few days in which Dubuque will be brought into more prominence […]
The Dubuque Daily Times Friday November 21, 1879 MORE ENTERPRISE. Dubuque Capitalists on a Tour of Inspection With a View to Opening a Glucose Manufactory in This City. Flattering Prospects of Its Early Establishment and a Few Items of Interest in Regard to the Project. A committee of Dubuque citizens, Mr. W. H. Peabody, R. E. Graves, President of […]
The Telegraph-Herald Sunday February 26, 1911 The Man That Put it Over: Heeb, Anthony F, Native Son Anthony Fritz Heeb is his full name. But after you know him a while he’s “Tony,” and that’s as far as he is tony. All the rest of the way he’s classy, and there’s some class to him. […]
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 […]