GLASER, August - Revision history

Randylyon at 12:52, 23 March 2019

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	GLASER, August. (Stein, near Leipsic, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, Dec. 15, 1850--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 5, 1917). Until he was nineteen, Glaser attended the German public schools and then immigrated to America, landing at New York City. He came west to Chicago and for about four years		GLASER, August. (Stein, near Leipsic, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, Dec. 15, 1850--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 5, 1917). Until he was nineteen, Glaser attended the German public schools and then immigrated to America, landing at New York City. He came west to Chicago and for about four years worked on a farm in the vicinity of that city.
	worked on a farm in the vicinity of that city. In 1876 he went to Des Moines, Iowa, and took a position in the greenhouse of a Mr. Peter Lambert, learning the profession. In 1886 he bought a farm near Grinnell, Iowa, but in 1889 sold it and came to Dubuque.

	Glaser was appointed by the board of directors of [[LINWOOD CEMETERY]] to be the superintendent of the burial grounds and ~~satisfactorily~~ held this position until 1901. He then bought a large tract of land in the city and erected suitable hothouses and began his nursery and floral business.		In 1876 he moved to Des Moines, Iowa, and took a position in the greenhouse of a Mr. Peter Lambert, learning the profession. In 1886 he bought a farm near Grinnell, Iowa, but in 1889 sold it and came to Dubuque.

			Glaser was appointed by the board of directors of [[LINWOOD CEMETERY]] to be the superintendent of the burial grounds and held this position until 1901. He then bought a large tract of land in the city and erected suitable hothouses and began his nursery and floral business.

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Randylyon at 16:59, 26 December 2015

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	Glaser was appointed by the board of directors of [[LINWOOD CEMETERY]] to be the superintendent of the burial grounds and satisfactorily held this position until 1901. He then bought a large tract of land in the city and erected suitable hothouses and began his nursery and floral business.		Glaser was appointed by the board of directors of [[LINWOOD CEMETERY]] to be the superintendent of the burial grounds and satisfactorily held this position until 1901. He then bought a large tract of land in the city and erected suitable hothouses and began his nursery and floral business.

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			Goodspeed, Weston Arthur. '''The History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago : Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 545

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Randylyon at 01:03, 20 December 2015

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	GLASER, August. (Stein, near Leipsic, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, Dec. 15, 1850--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 5, 1917). Until he was nineteen, Glaser attended the German public schools and then immigrated to America, landing at New York City. He came ~~West~~ to Chicago and for about four years		GLASER, August. (Stein, near Leipsic, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, Dec. 15, 1850--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 5, 1917). Until he was nineteen, Glaser attended the German public schools and then immigrated to America, landing at New York City. He came west to Chicago and for about four years
	worked on a farm in the vicinity of that city. In 1876 he went to Des Moines, Iowa, and took a position in the greenhouse of a Mr.		worked on a farm in the vicinity of that city. In 1876 he went to Des Moines, Iowa, and took a position in the greenhouse of a Mr. Peter Lambert, learning the profession. In 1886 he bought a farm near Grinnell, Iowa, but in 1889 sold it and came to Dubuque.
	Peter Lambert, learning the profession. In 1886 he bought a farm near Grinnell, Iowa, but in 1889 sold it and came to Dubuque.

	Glaser was appointed by the board of directors of [[LINWOOD CEMETERY]] the superintendent of the burial grounds, and satisfactorily		Glaser was appointed by the board of directors of [[LINWOOD CEMETERY]] to be the superintendent of the burial grounds and satisfactorily held this position until 1901. He then bought a large tract of land in the city and erected suitable hothouses and began his nursery and floral business.
	held this position until 1901. He then bought a large tract of land in the city and erected suitable hothouses and began his nursery and floral business.

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Randylyon at 21:05, 20 November 2011

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	GLASER, August. (Stein, near Leipsic, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, Dec. 15, 1850-- ). Until he was nineteen, Glaser attended the German public schools and then immigrated to America, landing at New York City. He came West to Chicago and for about four years		GLASER, August. (Stein, near Leipsic, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, Dec. 15, 1850--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 5, 1917). Until he was nineteen, Glaser attended the German public schools and then immigrated to America, landing at New York City. He came West to Chicago and for about four years
	worked on a farm in the vicinity of that city. In 1876 he went to Des Moines, Iowa, and took a position in the greenhouse of a Mr.		worked on a farm in the vicinity of that city. In 1876 he went to Des Moines, Iowa, and took a position in the greenhouse of a Mr.
	Peter Lambert, learning the profession. In 1886 he bought a farm near Grinnell, Iowa, but in 1889 sold it and came to Dubuque.		Peter Lambert, learning the profession. In 1886 he bought a farm near Grinnell, Iowa, but in 1889 sold it and came to Dubuque.

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GLASER, August. (Stein, near Leipsic, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, Dec. 15, 1850-- ). Until he was nineteen, Glaser attended the German public schools and then immigrated to America, landing at New York City. He came West to Chicago and for about four years
worked on a farm in the vicinity of that city. In 1876 he went to Des Moines, Iowa, and took a position in the greenhouse of a Mr.
Peter Lambert, learning the profession. In 1886 he bought a farm near Grinnell, Iowa, but in 1889 sold it and came to Dubuque.

Glaser was appointed by the board of directors of [[LINWOOD CEMETERY]] the superintendent of the burial grounds, and satisfactorily
held this position until 1901. He then bought a large tract of land in the city and erected suitable hothouses and began his nursery and floral business.

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