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STRAY DOGS

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STRAY DOGS. Stories of dogs roaming Dubuque neighborhoods were common during the early 1800s. In an effort to solve the problem, police were occasionally summoned to hunt the animals down. In July, 1876 such an episode resulted in the following story in the Dubuque Herald:

                          Yesterday morning the police, armed and 
                          equipped themselves, according to law, 
                          preparatory to a war on the canine portion.
                          Forty-eight shots were fired yesterday
                          morning resulted in killing twenty-eight
                          dogs and wounding several others. (1)

A repeat of the shooting was held on July 20th. (2)

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Source:

1. "Shooting the Dogs," Dubuque Herald, July 18, 1876, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18760718&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

2. "Caught on the Fly," Dubuque Herald, July 21, 1876, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18760721&printsec=frontpage&hl=en