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ORIENTAL TEA COMPANY

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Ground floor to the right on Main.
Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding
Trade Card. Photo: Joseph Jacobsmeier

ORIENTAL TEA COMPANY. The 1877 and 1886-87 Dubuque City Directory listed 792 Main.

The 1899-1900 Dubuque City Directory listed 1206 Iowa.

The 1909 Dubuque City Directory located this business at 890 Main.

A branch of the company was opened by M. H. Dodge in Oskosh, Wisconsin in February, 1879. (1)

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Source:

1. "Caught on the Fly," Dubuque Herald, February 18, 1879. p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18790218&printsec=frontpage&hl=en