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29 July 2008

• 21:5721:57, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,024 N SCHMITT, Aloysius New page: SCHMITT, Aloysius (Father). (St. Lucas, IA, Dec. 4, 1909--Pearl Harbor, HA, Dec. 7, 1941). Chaplain of the USS Oklahoma. The first chaplain to die in World War II, Father Schmitt perished ...
• 21:5621:56, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,141 N SCHMID BREWERY New page: SCHMID BREWERY. Dubuque's first brewery to bottle beer for drinking at home. Located over Central Avenue and parallel to West 23rd street, Schmid Brewery was constructed in 1855 by Titus S...
• 21:5421:54, 29 July 2008 diff hist +294 N SCHMID, James A. New page: SCHMID, James A. (Dubuque, IA- ). President, CRESCENT ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY. Active in the National Association of Electrical Distributors, Schmid was also chairman of the board of [...
• 21:5421:54, 29 July 2008 diff hist +565 N SCHLUETER, Leo New page: SCHLUETER, Leo. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, Sept. 14, 1984). Co-founder, Schlueter Insurance. In 1954 Schlueter became the first recipient of the Parent of the Year at LORAS COLLEGE. The...
• 21:5121:51, 29 July 2008 diff hist +206 N SCHILLING, John P. New page: SCHILLING, John P. (Dubuque, IA, June I, 1885--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 16,1944). Athlete. Schilling, well known in semi-professional baseball, was a member of the Dubuque White Sox and later act...
• 21:5021:50, 29 July 2008 diff hist +424 N SCHERRER, Charles New page: SCHERRER, Charles. (Dubuque, IA, Aug. 26, 1917--Dubuque, IA, June 20,1989). Veterans advocate. Scherrer, owner and operator of the Canfield Hotel from 1957 to 1988, was a charter member of...
• 21:4921:49, 29 July 2008 diff hist +36 N ABLE AND BAKER New page: ABLE AND BAKER. See: Herman SCHEPLER
• 21:4821:48, 29 July 2008 diff hist +949 N SCHEPLER, Herman New page: SCHEPLER, Herman. (Sabula, IA,-Dubuque, IA, Dec. 18, 1986). Space scientist. In 1959 Schepler's unique background in physics and psychology led him to help train Able and Baker, the first ...
• 21:4821:48, 29 July 2008 diff hist +674 N SCHARPHOFF, Aloysius New page: SCHARPHOFF, Aloysius. (Dyersville, IA--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 6, 1970). Printer. Scharphoff, an employee for nearly fifty years with the TELEGRAPH HERALD, was president of the International...
• 21:4621:46, 29 July 2008 diff hist +288 N SCAT New page: SCAT. Popular card game played primarily by German immigrants. Competition held throughout Dubuque, but primarily at SAINT MARY'S CASINO, led to the best card players traveling to Milw...
• 21:4621:46, 29 July 2008 diff hist −2 SAUNDERS, Frank No edit summary
• 21:4521:45, 29 July 2008 diff hist +528 N SAUNDERS, Frank New page: SAUNDERS, Frank. (Dubuque, IA- ). Athlete/ Model. Saunders became one of the nation's most recognized models through his major account, Kreml Hair Cream. Known locally as "Frankie," Saunde...
• 21:4321:43, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,197 N SAUL, James New page: SAUL, James. (Dubuque, IA-Rochester, MN). MAYOR. Saul served six years on the Dubuque City Council as alderman of the First Ward. He was elected mayor on April 7, 1914. Criticism at th...
• 21:4021:40, 29 July 2008 diff hist +771 N SATURDAY NIGHT KAT CRUISE New page: SATURDAY NIGHT KAT CRUISE. Begun in 1984, this unique summertime activity has proven a public relations bonanza to RADIO station KATF-FM. Rendezvousing in a parking lot on Dubuque's we...
• 21:3921:39, 29 July 2008 diff hist +544 N SANOFI BIO INDUSTRIES New page: SANOFI BIO INDUSTRIES. Paris-based firm and world's largest gelatin manufacturer. The Dubuque branch, formerly the Keystone Gelatin division of DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY and then part of...
• 21:3921:39, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,814 N SANFORD, Horatio W. New page: SANFORD, Horatio W. (Sherburne, Chenango Co., NY-Sherburne, NY, 1884). Iowa's most successful real estate businessman prior to the CIVIL WAR. Through shrewd investment in Dubuque land ...
• 21:3721:37, 29 July 2008 diff hist +687 N SANDERSON, E. A. New page: SANDERSON, E. A. (Decorah, IA- ). President, Telephone Pioneers of America (1977). Sanderson, historian and president of the Telephone Pioneers of America, organized the efforts to erect f...
• 21:3621:36, 29 July 2008 diff hist +211 N SAMUELS, Benjamin M. New page: SAMUELS, Benjamin M. (VA, 1823-Unknown). Attorney. Samuels moved to Dubuque in 1848 and was soon elected city attorney. He was elected to the legislature in 1854 and three years later was ...
• 21:3021:30, 29 July 2008 diff hist +2,229 N SAINT RAPHAEL'S CATHEDRAL SCHOOL New page: SAINT RAPHAEL'S CATHEDRAL SCHOOL. Oldest school in the ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE. The boys' school, opened in 1836, had as one of its first teachers John J. E. Norman, later Dubuque Count...
• 21:2321:23, 29 July 2008 diff hist +2,854 N SAINT PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH New page: SAINT PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH. Church offering the first Sunday School in the Missouri Synod. Doctrinal differences in July 1865,led members of the Lutheran congregation in Dubuque to petit...
• 21:2021:20, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,032 N SAINT MATTHEW LUTHERAN CHURCH New page: SAINT MATTHEW LUTHERAN CHURCH. Church founded in 1907 and located in 1990 at 1780 White. With one hundred seventy charter members, Rev. J. Heinrich Luz, one of the instrumental people in b...
• 21:1921:19, 29 July 2008 diff hist +9 SAINT MARY'S SCHOOL No edit summary
• 21:1721:17, 29 July 2008 diff hist +2,609 N SAINT MARY'S SCHOOL New page: SAINT MARY'S SCHOOL. A parochial school existing as early as 1851 before there was a resident priest. Classes led by laymen were held in the church basement. Father Edmonds, the first perm...
• 20:4320:43, 29 July 2008 diff hist +53 N TABERNACLE ON STILTS New page: TABERNACLE ON STILTS. See: SAINT COLUMBKILLE'S CHURCH
• 20:4120:41, 29 July 2008 diff hist +393 N SAINT CESSIANUS New page: SAINT CESSIANUS. As an eight-year-old boy, St. Cessianus was martyred by Emperor Diocletian. The body was brought to America from Rome in 1838 by Bishop Mathias LORAS w...
• 20:3020:30, 29 July 2008 diff hist +2,075 N SAGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL New page: SAGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Part of the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The former West Sageville one-room school was located off Highway 52 on the Sherrill Road on the location ...
• 20:2920:29, 29 July 2008 diff hist +2,603 N SACRED HEART SCHOOL New page: SACRED HEART SCHOOL. Catholic school that began with a layman principal. With the founding of Sacred Heart parish, classrooms for Sacred Heart School were located on the first floor of the...
• 20:2720:27, 29 July 2008 diff hist +2,576 N SACRED HEART CHURCH New page: SACRED HEART CHURCH. Church with the largest Catholic school population in the Midwest during the 1950s and 1960s. Industrial development in northern Dubuque beginning in 1875 attracted ma...
• 20:2520:25, 29 July 2008 diff hist +743 N S.T.O.P. New page: S.T.O.P. Controversial method used in Dubuque to catch drunken drivers. Federal grants for STOP, the Serious Traffic Offender Program, required police to perform a minimum of five random t...
• 14:4114:41, 29 July 2008 diff hist +355 N WULLWEBER, Christian New page: WULLWEBER, Christian. (Hagenow, Germany, July 1, 1833--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 22, 1877). United States Minister to Ecuador. Wullweber, a Dubuque attorney educated at Heidelberg University in ...
• 14:3914:39, 29 July 2008 diff hist +677 N WORM, Richard New page: WORM, Richard. (Ryan, IA- ). Educator. Worm, chairperson of the science department at STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL, devoted much of his life to environmental issues. As president of t...
• 14:3814:38, 29 July 2008 diff hist +489 N WOOTTON, Ignatus E. New page: WOOTTON, Ignatus E. (Kentucky, Apr. 22, 1810--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 1, 1892). Second county treasurer of Dubuque County. Wootton, one of Dubuque's earliest settlers, moved here on October 10, ...
• 14:3714:37, 29 July 2008 diff hist +866 N WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. New page: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Corporation whose flagship publication, the TELEGRAPH HERALD traces its heritage to the DUBUQUE VISITOR founded in 1836 by John KING. [...
• 14:3514:35, 29 July 2008 diff hist +972 N WOODWARD, William New page: WOODWARD, William. (Dubuque, IA- ).President and secretary of TELEGRAPH HERALD Inc. In December 1988, the Eastern Iowa National Society for Fund Raising Executives awarded Woodward its...
• 14:3214:32, 29 July 2008 diff hist +988 N WOODWARD, Fred W. New page: WOODWARD, Fred W. (Dubuque, IA, Mar. 26, 1888--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 19, 1975). Newspaper publisher and president. While attending school in 1898, Woodward carried papers for the [[TELEGRAPH-H...
• 14:3014:30, 29 July 2008 diff hist +717 N WOODRUFF, Marcus C. New page: WOODRUFF, Marcus C. (Aurora, Erie Co., NY, Mar. 21, 1831--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 19, 1909). Editor. In 1874 Woodruff became editor-in-chief of the ''Dubuque Times'' upon his purchase of half-in...
• 14:2914:29, 29 July 2008 diff hist +601 N WOODIN, Nancy New page: WOODIN, Nancy. (Rochelle, IL, Sept. 1, 1956-- ). Musician and music composer. Woodin achieved great success as a composer with fifteen piano solos published with Myklas Music Press of D...
• 14:2814:28, 29 July 2008 diff hist +892 N WOODIN, John F. New page: WOODIN, John F. (Grand Island, NB, Dec. 28, 1953-- ). Educator. In 1992 Woodin was hired by the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT as its Fine Arts Coordinator, instructor of vocal mu...
• 14:2614:26, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,108 N WOOD, Grant New page: WOOD, Grant. (Anamosa, IA, Feb. 13, 1892--Iowa City, IA, Feb. 12,1942). Artist. In 1934 Wood, a pioneer of the American Native Regionalist Style, sold "Appraisal" for $350.00 and "Victoria...
• 14:2514:25, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,127 N WOOD, George New page: WOOD, George. (Franklin Co, MA, Jan. 7, 1829--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 4~1890). Senior member, Wood, Crocker and, Company. Wood came to Dubuque in the fall of 1858 and began the firm of Wood and ...
• 14:2414:24, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,020 N WOOD, Alonzo P. New page: WOOD, Alonzo P. (Little Compton, RI, 1817--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 10, 1892). Editor. In 1846 Wood came to Dubuque and founded and managed the ''Dubuque Tribune'', considered the leading Whig ne...
• 14:2314:23, 29 July 2008 diff hist +41 N WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS New page: WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS. See: AGARD, Mary C.
• 14:2214:22, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,823 N WOMEN'S RECREATION ASSOCIATION (WRA) New page: WOMEN'S RECREATION ASSOCIATION (WRA). Private, non-profit organization founded after an organizational meeting on June 1, 1964. Established in response to the demand for more sports opport...
• 03:3803:38, 29 July 2008 diff hist +680 N HAAS, Urban J. New page: HAAS, Urban J. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, Oct., 1961). Trucking company executive. In 1927 Haas and Cyril WISSEL established the H & W Motor Express Company as a one-truck...
• 03:3603:36, 29 July 2008 diff hist +959 N WISSEL, Cyril New page: WISSEL, Cyril. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, June 20, 1976). President of H&W Motor Express Company. On September 26, 1927, Wissel co-founded, with Urban J. HAAS, the H&W Mo...
• 03:3503:35, 29 July 2008 diff hist +18 WINTERFEST No edit summary
• 03:3403:34, 29 July 2008 diff hist +684 N WINTERFEST New page: WINTERFEST. Annual winter event. Started in 1983, WinterFest, known then as Winter Wonderland, lasted from January 29 through February 6. In1 986 the name was changed to promote Dubuque as...
• 03:3203:32, 29 July 2008 diff hist +2 WINNEBAGO No edit summary
• 03:3203:32, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,794 N WINNEBAGO New page: WINNEBAGO. A Siouan tribe that referred to itself as Hotcangara, "people of the real speech." The name Winnebago is a SAUK word meaning "people of the dirty water." The Winnebago coo...
• 03:3003:30, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1 WINALL, James Wallis No edit summary