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STORES
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STORES (first). Noble F. Dean opened Dubuque's first store in 1832. Selling such "Yankee notions" as cotton shirts, razors, handkerchiefs, and boots, the store was located along Mineral Street (now West Locust). While far from the present business district of Dubuque, it was near the important Langworthy smelter. (1)
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1. "Pioneers of the City," Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, June 21 1903, p. 7