Dubuque Bridge Purchase Scheme Draws Business Support
A tentative plan in Dubuque proposes buying and reworking the lower High Bridge and later Eagle Point Bridge into a double decked system for road, foot traffic, and interurban rail. Prominent businessmen pledge a birthday gift of 50000 to advance the project as a means to expand retail trade and city growth. George Arliss stars in Septimus on tour.
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East du. Register
Eagle Point
Register
Dubuque
Fourth Street High Bridge
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Point High Bridge
Mbuque Club
Dubuque Ridge
Verhead
Iid
Jeht
Arma Ange Semggeee
Dubauguwe
Water Works Trustees Call for City Co operation on Meter Installations
Dubuque Water Works urges installing additional meters across the city with a public statement of receipts and expenditures for year ending May 31 1909. Trustees highlight potential growth, compare with Sioux City, and thank Mayor City Council and officials while urging continued civic cooperation. Lillian Russell leads in The First Night at the theater.
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Water Works
Water Works Office
Coson
Sioux City
Dubuque
Iowa City
Board of Health
Stedman
Herpicide Ad Urges Real Product Over Substitutes
An advertisement extols choosing Herpicide over substitutes that imitate success. It warns substitutes offer lower quality and extra cost to buyers while undermining results. The copy promotes consistency and reliability of the original product.
George Hardin Rumored to Flee Wife in Rock Island Tale
Rock Island fans report that George Hardin former Islander pitcher has deserted his wife Mrs. Katherine Hardin of East St. Louis and is being sought. Hardin left Rock Island January 12 and was to report for Detroit next spring. his wife has appealed to authorities to locate him.
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Dubuque
Rock Island
George Hardin
Islanders
Hardin
Detroit
Davenport Times
Pene
Katherine Hardin
East St. Louis
Joe Berger
Geo
Frank Shaub
Times
Shaub
St. Louis Report
Hardm
St. Louiis
St. Louis
Six Month Old Wesley Fredericks Dies in Cedar Ridge
Mr and Mrs George Fredericks of Cedar Ridge Iowa mourn the loss of their six month old son Wesley who died Friday night from pleurisy and spinal meningitis after a three week illness. Funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at Durango cemetery from the Congregational church. H G Wells is at work completing a scenario for his play When the Sleeper Wakes.
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Cedar Ridge
George Fredericks
Wesley
Durango Cemetery
Congregational Church
Mayor Schunk urging regulation over prohibition in Dubuque
In a Bonfort's Wine and Spirit Circular article, Dubuque Mayor Schunk argues that strict regulation and fair licensing better serve public morals than Prohibition. He notes local sentiment favors legalized liquor sale with proper regulation, warns against forcing illegal selling and driving business underground, and condemns fanatic anti liquor campaigns. The piece cites Dubuque as supportive of regulation to protect law and order and economic growth.
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the Bonfort’s Wine and Spirit Circular
New York
Dubuque
Mayor Schunk
C Ty
Iowa
Former Dubuque Woman Mrs Morgan Dies in Freeport
Word arrived Saturday of the death of Mrs. Morgan mother of Mrs. John Griffin both long known in Dubuque. Mrs. John Page Mrs. Tim Shea and Miss Agnes Kearney left for Freeport to attend the service in June.
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Morgan
John Griffin
Freeport
Dubuque
John Page
Tim Shea
Agnes Kearney
Portela
The Man Had Been Blind play by Poole to star Mason
A staging of Ernest Poole's play The Man Had Been Blind featuring John Mason in the lead role is announced to appear. The production highlights Poole's dramatic work and Mason as a principal actor in the cast.
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Ernest Poole
John Mason
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California Fig Syrup Co
Leik’s
Eagle Point Drug Store
Rhomberg Ave
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Dubuque, Iowa
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Newbro
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Herpicide Co. Dept
Detroit, Mich
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Herpicide
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Dubuque Executive
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18Th
White Streets
Henry Luz
Cornell Street
Anna Place
Westminster Presbyterian Church
13Th
Locust Streets
L. M. Coffman
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Germania Hall
Bergen
Rengo Bell
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