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WILLIAMS BROS. BOTTLING WORKS
WILLIAMS BROS. BOTTLING WORKS. In 1887 Clarke D. Williams and his brother, William, opened the Williams Brothers Bottling Works. The address in the 1886-87 Dubuque City Directory was 65 1st. They also had a branch bottling works in Decorah from 1900 to 1902. (1)
In 1896 the company occupied two buildings to maintain their daily output of an estimated 5,000 bottles of different kinds of drinks especially ginger ale. The company was also an agent for Sacks, Oniden & Company's ginger ale and bromo soda and Nelson-Morris and Company's beef extract. (2)
In 1908 Clarke D. Williams opened the DUBUQUE WEISS BEER COMPANY at 2327 Couler. He also continued managing the Williams Brothers Bottling Works at 65-67 1st in which he was a partner with his brother. The beer business was discontinued after 1909; the bottling works was maintained through 1911. (3)
The 1909 Dubuque City Directory gave the address for this business as 65-67 1st.
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Source:
1. Burggraaf, Mike and Southard, Tom. The Antique Bottles of Iowa. Northfield, OH: Ohio Wholesale Copy Service, 1998
2. "William's Brothers," Dubuque Daily Herald Souvenir Edition, January 25 1896, p. 1
3. Burggraff