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JAEGER, Frank M.
JAEGER, Frank M. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 1, 1868--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 29, 1953). MAYOR. Jaeger, the son of Francis JAEGER, established the firm of F. M. JAEGER HARDWARE in Dubuque and served as its president. The firm carried a full line of sporting goods and builders' equipment. (1)
Jaeger was a member of the Dubuque Club, vice-president of the Iowa Game Protective League, and for many years secretary of the Dubuque Gun Club. (2)
He served as mayor of Dubuque in 1936. In that year Dubuque Municipal Swimming Pool was constructed in 1936 near EAGLE POINT PARK. A proposal for the construction of the municipal pool near Rafferty Slough had been made the same year. President Franklin Roosevelt toured the park that year and declared if it was a "boondoggle" as his critics suggested it was one for which he was proud. In 1936 Interstate's bus fleet operated seven days a week and Dubuque residents could have a day's worth of sightseeing for twenty-five cents. The DUBUQUE HIGH BRIDGE was forty-nine years old. Belief that a new bridge would be a good idea began with the Community Service Commission of the Dubuque Post of the American Legion.
Other events of 1936 can be found by placing the year in the search feature of this encyclopedia.
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Source:
1. Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 753
2. Ibid.
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