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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1900
Page
5
Daily weather report from Dubuque notes clear conditions and humidity. Extrema for the date over the past four years show high temperatures up to 92 and lows around 60 with traces of precipitation indicated. Observed by E. H. Bowie, Observer.
Du buque items note visits by Mrs Holden and daughter Miss Mar Suret and Claudia Ryan at a local residence. Lodgings, services, and social events fill the week with dancing at Stewart Park, lawn fete at Mercy Hospital, and an ice cream sociable at Pagoda. Warnings on a jail transport confusion and a memorial Mass for Ellen Daly mark the area’s news.
Miss Margaret Thill of Dubuque arrived last Saturday to stay about two weeks with her aunt Mrs Nicholas Thill and other relatives and friends in Dyersville. Several Dubuque visitors and travelers were noted including Annie Stevens and Misses Annie Irma Gehrig who spent time with local friends and joined others for trips to Dubuque.
Four local men representing Chicago wholesale houses lease the Lagen building to establish a traveling salesman headquarters in Dubuque. Two first floor rooms will display goods and serve as office and reading room with fine furniture. Samples can be shown to customers in this centralized space.
A lawn fete will be held next Tuesday at Shooting Park under the Mercy Hospital Association. The Military band will perform afternoon and evening with dancing music, and amusements for all ages. Tickets are selling well and attendance is expected to be large, with proceeds going to endow a free Mercy Hospital room.
Visitors are invited to Stewart Park tonight for a stereopticon presentation exploring Japan. The event offers visual talk through slides and images to engage attendees with Japanese culture and landscapes.
A large group of Dubuque county farmers near the Monastery join a pledge to halt hunting on their lands for the coming season. Ten leading farmers commit to stop slaughter to allow game to rebound, aiming for a plentiful future. The Dyersville News Letter notes past overhunting reduced prairie chickens, squirrels, and rabbits, and expects recovery.
The association will prosecute anyone hunting on its members ground. The farmers named are hopeful that other farmers will form similar compacts.
Iowa City regents hear contractors and extend building completion to December. Heating plant bids opened with G R Morton of St Paul as lowest bidder at 19500, Des Moines Construction close second. Faculty titles updated while student liquor restrictions threaten suspensions after last assembly actions. London racing notes a dead heat in the Sandown meet with Star Shoot and Tod Sloan partners in top finishes.
Franike Shotter and Ford Graff were intercepted by a police officer while carrying steel pipe from the McDonald company. They pleaded not guilty before Justice Kessler, who sentenced both to fifteen days in jail. Schotter accepted the sentence, Graf appealed.
Paris July 21 The appointment of Rev John Joseph Keane formerly rector of the Catholic University of America Washington as archbishop of Dubuque is confirmed on the authority of Archbishop Ireland and Kain who are now in this city Also grocery store for sale Call Bu W Winters 1505 Rhomberg Ave
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