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FLICK, Arthur R. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 9, 1881--- ). Arthur R. Flick was educated in the local public and high schools and graduated in 1896. He moved to Chicago and worked in a box factory but returned to Dubuque and established [[FLICK BOX COMPANY]] on Jones street. The business prospered and the premises became too small. | FLICK, Arthur R. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 9, 1881---Dubuque, IA, Mar. 2, 1961). Arthur R. Flick was educated in the local public and high schools and graduated in 1896. He moved to Chicago and worked in a box factory but returned to Dubuque and established [[FLICK BOX COMPANY]] on Jones street. The business prospered and the premises became too small. (2) | ||
Flick moved the business to larger quarters at Eighteenth and Washington [[STREETS]] and then in 1900 to the foot of Seventh street. | Flick moved the business to larger quarters at Eighteenth and Washington [[STREETS]] and then in 1900 to the foot of Seventh street. (2) | ||
He eventually worked as a salesmen for several Dubuque businesses and before his retirement served as the county weed control commissioner. (3) | |||
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Goodspeed, Weston Arthur. '''The History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago : Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 524 | 1. Goodspeed, Weston Arthur. '''The History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago : Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 524 | ||
2. Ibid. | |||
3. "Invalid Trapped in Room," Telegraph Herald, March 2, 1961, p. 1 | |||
Latest revision as of 02:29, 21 March 2019
FLICK, Arthur R. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 9, 1881---Dubuque, IA, Mar. 2, 1961). Arthur R. Flick was educated in the local public and high schools and graduated in 1896. He moved to Chicago and worked in a box factory but returned to Dubuque and established FLICK BOX COMPANY on Jones street. The business prospered and the premises became too small. (2)
Flick moved the business to larger quarters at Eighteenth and Washington STREETS and then in 1900 to the foot of Seventh street. (2)
He eventually worked as a salesmen for several Dubuque businesses and before his retirement served as the county weed control commissioner. (3)
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Source:
1. Goodspeed, Weston Arthur. The History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago : Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 524
2. Ibid.
3. "Invalid Trapped in Room," Telegraph Herald, March 2, 1961, p. 1
Rootsweb Ancestry. Online: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iabiog/dubuque/h1911/h1911-f.htm