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NOEL, John B.
NOEL, John B. (Gordon's Ferry (Dubuque County), IA, Aug. 3, 1872--Dubuque, IA, 1957). Noel, the son of John N. NOEL was educated in the First Ward FRANKLIN SCHOOL and graduated from the DUBUQUE HIGH SCHOOL in 1889.
For a year, Noel clerked in the John Wilson retail grocery, then went with the FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY as machine hand and remained there for thirteen years.
Noel again clerked in a grocery store and then returned to the Farley-Loetscher company two years. He left that for employment with the Knapp-Stone Company for two years. A third time he returned to the Farley-Loetscher company and in 1899 began clerking for Mettel Bros., wholesale and retail grocers.
Noel remained with them until he and A. E. Wagner, an uncle, began their business, Noel & Wagner, a retail grocery, at 1850 Couler Avenue in 1901.
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Source:
Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 712