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JAMES LEVI AND COMPANY
JAMES LEVI AND COMPANY. James Levi and Company in the 1880s stood at the corner of 6th and Main STREETS. An immigrant from Alsace like Alexander LEVI, his uncle, James Levi was a brilliant retailer, but always ready and willing to answer any question. He was the major stockholder in both the High Bridge Company DUBUQUE WAGON BRIDGE and UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY.
When he died, so many people wanted to attend the funeral (more than 600) that they could not be accommodated in the local temple. The visiting Rabbi from Chicago was invited to deliver his service from the pulpit of SAINT JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
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Source:
Pritikin, Karin. "Family & Community History- a Serendipitous Quest." Adapted from “Jewish History, Writ Large and Small” presented August 23, 2008, 2:30 PM at Temple Beth El, Dubuque