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30 July 2008
- 19:3419:34, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,675 N SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (PBVM) New page: SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (PBVM) Order founded by Nano Nagle in Ireland in 1775. Sister Vincent Hennessy and three postulants arrived in Dubuque in November 18...
- 19:3019:30, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,074 N SISTERS OF MERCY New page: SISTERS OF MERCY. Order founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1827. The Sisters first came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1843 where they established homes for the aged, hospitals, orphanages, and...
- 19:2219:22, 30 July 2008 diff hist +29 N SISTER CITY New page: SISTER CITY. See: PYATIGORSK.
- 19:2219:22, 30 July 2008 diff hist +670 N SIRK, Arnold D. New page: SIRK, Arnold D. (Chicago, IL- ). Chairman of the Board, Watubo-Tek, Inc. Beginning in 1984 Sirk held controlling interest in the firm founded by his father-in-law. Watubo, standing for Wat...
- 19:2119:21, 30 July 2008 diff hist +19 N SIOUX New page: SIOUX: See: DAKOTA.
- 19:2019:20, 30 July 2008 diff hist +687 N SINSINAWA DOMINICANS, O.P. New page: SINSINAWA DOMINICANS, O.P. Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary. Founded by Father Samuel MAZZUCHELLI in August 1849, at Sinsinawa, the Sisters ...
- 19:1819:18, 30 July 2008 diff hist +2,667 N SIMPLOT, John Richard New page: SIMPLOT, John Richard. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 9, 1909—Boise, ID, May 25, 2008). Potato and computer chip king. Driving around Boise with license plates reading “Mr. Spud,” J.R. Simplot w...
- 19:1619:16, 30 July 2008 diff hist +21 SILVER ACRES No edit summary
- 19:1319:13, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,049 N SIMPLOT, Alexander New page: SIMPLOT, Alexander. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 5, 1837--Dubuque, IA, 21, 1914). Artist. Simplot, son of Dubuque's first alderman, served as a special artist for ''Harper's Weekly'' during the [[CI...
- 19:1119:11, 30 July 2008 diff hist +482 N SILVER ACRES New page: SILVER ACRES. Racetrack owned by the Molo family. Developed by Bart Molo, the quarter-mile track was constructed around a mound of earth from which the entire thirty-foot wide track could...
- 19:1119:11, 30 July 2008 diff hist +3 SILENT VIGIL FOR PEACE No edit summary
- 19:1019:10, 30 July 2008 diff hist +286 N SILENT VIGIL FOR PEACE New page: SILENT VIGIL FOR PEACE. Anti-war demonstrations organized during the VIETNAM WAR by Louise Herron HALLIBURTON and Mimi Vernon. Held in [[WASHINGTON PARK, ...
- 19:0919:09, 30 July 2008 diff hist +897 N SIGWARTH, Anthony (Monsignor) New page: SIGWARTH, Anthony (Monsignor). (Balltown, IA--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 27, 1985). Dubuque's poet priest. Sigwarth led a life filled with church and community activity. He served as chairman of th...
- 19:0819:08, 30 July 2008 diff hist +356 N CARR, Ossian E. New page: CARR, Ossian E. (Unknown-Oakland, CA, Jan. 10, 1970). City manager. From 1920 to 1925, Carr served as Dubuque's first city manager. In 1939 he co-founded Insurance Securities Incorporation...
- 19:0719:07, 30 July 2008 diff hist +468 N SIGMAN, Allan New page: SIGMAN, Allan. (Dubuque, IA,--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 24, 1986). President, Union Hoermann Press. In 1922 Sigman served as secretary and assistant to Dubuque's first city manager, [[CARR, Ossian...
- 19:0619:06, 30 July 2008 diff hist +426 N SIDEWALKS New page: SIDEWALKS. Dubuque residents as early as the 1800s were held responsible for the maintenance of sidewalks in front of their property. The locations of sidewalks needing repair were listed ...
- 19:0519:05, 30 July 2008 diff hist +522 N SHOUP, W. J. New page: SHOUP, W. J. (Armstrong Co., PA, Mar. 15. 1846--Dubuque, IA, Nov. 11, 1893). Principal, editor. Shoup served as editor of the ''Iowa Normal Monthly'', the official school publication of Io...
- 19:0419:04, 30 July 2008 diff hist +2,364 N SHOT TOWER New page: SHOT TOWER. Prominent riverfront structure built to manufacture SHOT for civilian and military use and only one of five believed to still exist in the United States. Constructed in 185...
- 19:0219:02, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,470 N SHOT New page: SHOT. Polished LEAD spheres used in firearms before the invention of bullets. Manufactured in Dubuque at the SHOT TOWER, lead shot proved to be one of Dubuque's earliest and most c...
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