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PLAMONDON, Isidore J. Jr. (Dubuque, IA, Aug. 16, 1875-- ). Until he was thirteen years old, Isidore J. Plamondon attended the Dubuque parochial schools, and then for four years worked for the [[STANDARD LUMBER COMPANY]]. He then became stock clerk in the James Forester overall factory and then served four years as messenger boy, call boy and assistant book-keeper for the Illinois Central Railroad. He took a course in bookkeeping in [[BAYLESS BUSINESS COLLEGE]], and in April, 1898, went to Montreal, Canada, and for three years was employed by the Dominion Corset Manufacturing Company. | [[Image:pl1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Bookholder invented by Isidore J. Plamondon]]PLAMONDON, Isidore J. Jr. (Dubuque, IA, Aug. 16, 1875-- ). Until he was thirteen years old, Isidore J. Plamondon attended the Dubuque parochial schools, and then for four years worked for the [[STANDARD LUMBER COMPANY]]. He then became stock clerk in the James Forester overall factory and then served four years as messenger boy, call boy and assistant book-keeper for the Illinois Central Railroad. He took a course in bookkeeping in [[BAYLESS BUSINESS COLLEGE]], and in April, 1898, went to Montreal, Canada, and for three years was employed by the Dominion Corset Manufacturing Company. | ||
He returned to Dubuque and became a solicitor for the Chicago Record-Herald, later serving as carpenter in the frame department of [[CARR, RYDER, AND ADAMS]]. For four years thereafter he was head bookkeeper for the [[PEASLEE, BREDE COMPANY]], and in May, 1905, went to Denver, Colorado, and accepted a position as special report clerk and solicitor with the Denver Gas & Electric Company. | He returned to Dubuque and became a solicitor for the Chicago Record-Herald, later serving as carpenter in the frame department of [[CARR, RYDER, AND ADAMS]]. For four years thereafter he was head bookkeeper for the [[PEASLEE, BREDE COMPANY]], and in May, 1905, went to Denver, Colorado, and accepted a position as special report clerk and solicitor with the Denver Gas & Electric Company. | ||
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Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 555 | Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 555 | ||
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Revision as of 20:14, 26 December 2015
PLAMONDON, Isidore J. Jr. (Dubuque, IA, Aug. 16, 1875-- ). Until he was thirteen years old, Isidore J. Plamondon attended the Dubuque parochial schools, and then for four years worked for the STANDARD LUMBER COMPANY. He then became stock clerk in the James Forester overall factory and then served four years as messenger boy, call boy and assistant book-keeper for the Illinois Central Railroad. He took a course in bookkeeping in BAYLESS BUSINESS COLLEGE, and in April, 1898, went to Montreal, Canada, and for three years was employed by the Dominion Corset Manufacturing Company.
He returned to Dubuque and became a solicitor for the Chicago Record-Herald, later serving as carpenter in the frame department of CARR, RYDER, AND ADAMS. For four years thereafter he was head bookkeeper for the PEASLEE, BREDE COMPANY, and in May, 1905, went to Denver, Colorado, and accepted a position as special report clerk and solicitor with the Denver Gas & Electric Company.
Eight months later he returned to Dubuque, because of his wife's ill health, experimented in the raising of chickens and also accepted a position with the Dubuque Altar Manufacturing Company. In 1906 he began traveling for the Mehlop Cigar & Tea Company, but eighteen months later purchased an interest in the DUBUQUE TANNING AND ROBE COMPANY. He remained with this business as secretary, treasurer, manager and a director.
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Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 555