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[[Image:nsandrews4.png|left|thumb|250px|]]N. S. ANDREWS. An agricultural implement dealer in Dubuque, Andrews was one of many Dubuque manufacturers who sent exhibits of their work to the Manufacturers' Exhibit at the World's Fair in 1884. N. S. Andrews furnished to finely finished churns which helped fill seven railroad cars of materials from Dubuque merchants. (1) Andrews and H. F. Burnap of Dubuque received a patent in January 1886 for a cream testing churn. (2) | [[Image:nsandrews4.png|left|thumb|250px|]]N. S. ANDREWS. An agricultural implement dealer in Dubuque, Andrews was one of many Dubuque manufacturers who sent exhibits of their work to the Manufacturers' Exhibit at the World's Fair in 1884. N. S. Andrews furnished to finely finished churns which helped fill seven railroad cars of materials from Dubuque merchants. (1) Andrews and H. F. Burnap of Dubuque received a patent in January 1886 for a cream testing churn. (2) | ||
Andrews | Andrews was a man of many accomplishments. In 1891 he wrote and published a pamphlet called '''Deedee, or Pearly's Story.''' The story was written as an autobiography of a milch cow and was intended to illustrate many of the aspects of the dairying business and the difference and results in the treatment of fine stock. (3) | ||
A resident of Farley, he was nominated for county treasurer in 1891, but declined to "offer himself as a living sacrifice on the Prohibition-Republican altar." (4) He did run as a Republican for clerk of the district court in 1898. | |||
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N. S. ANDREWS. An agricultural implement dealer in Dubuque, Andrews was one of many Dubuque manufacturers who sent exhibits of their work to the Manufacturers' Exhibit at the World's Fair in 1884. N. S. Andrews furnished to finely finished churns which helped fill seven railroad cars of materials from Dubuque merchants. (1) Andrews and H. F. Burnap of Dubuque received a patent in January 1886 for a cream testing churn. (2)
Andrews was a man of many accomplishments. In 1891 he wrote and published a pamphlet called Deedee, or Pearly's Story. The story was written as an autobiography of a milch cow and was intended to illustrate many of the aspects of the dairying business and the difference and results in the treatment of fine stock. (3)
A resident of Farley, he was nominated for county treasurer in 1891, but declined to "offer himself as a living sacrifice on the Prohibition-Republican altar." (4) He did run as a Republican for clerk of the district court in 1898.
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Sources:
1. "Dubuque's Display," The Daily Herald, December 4, 1884, p. 3
2. "Iowa Inventors," The Dubuque Herald, January 29 1886, p. 4
3. "Books and Magazines," The Herald, April 12, 1891, p. 4
4. "Will Not Be a Martyr," The Herald, October 27 1891, p. 4