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KELLY, James. (Ireland-- | KELLY, James. (Ireland--Unknown). Kelly sailed for the United States in 1852. For two years he lived with an uncle at Lancaster, Pennsylvania and attended the high school. For two years he engaged in clerking in a general store owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Pennsylvania Railroad Company. | ||
At the end of that period, | At the end of that period, Kelly came to Dubuque, where for two years he was employed as a salesman by the firm of McGuire & Co., dealers in books and stationery. In 1853 he began business for himself on a small scale, opening a news stand which he stocked with periodicals and home newspapers. His business increased with the growth of the city's population, and he added a stock of books and stationery. He is now one of the oldest news and book dealers, in years of continuous business, in the state. His store, Kelly & Son, was located at 747 Main Street and was 21x70 feet in dimensions. | ||
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'''Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa'''. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1894, p. 156 | |||
Revision as of 04:28, 3 March 2014
KELLY, James. (Ireland--Unknown). Kelly sailed for the United States in 1852. For two years he lived with an uncle at Lancaster, Pennsylvania and attended the high school. For two years he engaged in clerking in a general store owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
At the end of that period, Kelly came to Dubuque, where for two years he was employed as a salesman by the firm of McGuire & Co., dealers in books and stationery. In 1853 he began business for himself on a small scale, opening a news stand which he stocked with periodicals and home newspapers. His business increased with the growth of the city's population, and he added a stock of books and stationery. He is now one of the oldest news and book dealers, in years of continuous business, in the state. His store, Kelly & Son, was located at 747 Main Street and was 21x70 feet in dimensions.
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1894, p. 156