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31 July 2008

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30 July 2008

• 23:3423:34, 30 July 2008 diff hist +514 N SYMBOL New page: SYMBOL. Bicentennial design. In 1974 Dubuque became the only Iowa city to have a bicentennial symbol. The design was created through a contest sponsored by the Dubuque JAYCEES. James...
• 23:3323:33, 30 July 2008 diff hist +462 N SWISS VALLEY NATURE PRESERVE New page: SWISS VALLEY NATURE PRESERVE. Popular natural area southwest of Dubuque. Owned by the Dubuque County Conservation Board, the Preserve's Nature Center was formally dedicated on April 25, 19...
• 23:3123:31, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,540 N SWIMMING POOL New page: SWIMMING POOL. Municipally owned recreation facility. Dubuque's first municipally operated swimming pool, built in 1915 along the eastern side of Elm Street between 14th and 15th [[STREETS...
• 23:3023:30, 30 July 2008 diff hist +950 N SWEET, Harold New page: SWEET, Harold. (Storm Lake, IA- ). Athletic Director, DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Capping a distinguished thirty-four-year career in sports and educational administration, Sweet...
• 23:3023:30, 30 July 2008 diff hist +86 N SVENDON-OTT LUMBER COMPANY New page: SVENDON-OTT LUMBER COMPANY. See: C. W. ROBINSON COMPANY and OTT-MEUSER LUMBER COMPANY.
• 23:2923:29, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,475 N SUTTON, Ruby New page: SUTTON, Ruby. (New Orleans, IA- ). Recipient, FIRST CITIZEN AWARD, 1984. Sutton is one of Dubuque's most often identified activists for racial understanding. She began her work in the ...
• 23:2723:27, 30 July 2008 diff hist +4 SUNSHINE CIRCLE No edit summary
• 23:2723:27, 30 July 2008 diff hist +599 N SUTTON, Nicholas New page: SUTTON, Nicholas (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, Oct. 10,1963). Dubuque Recreation Director. Sutton headed the Recreation Department from 1949 until his death. A graduate of [[COLUMBIA COLLEG...
• 23:2623:26, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,135 N SUNSHINE CIRCLE New page: SUNSHINE CIRCLE. Service organization of FINLEY HOSPITAL. Founded in 1889, a year before the hospital was established, Sunshine Circle was originally called the “King's Daughters." Organ...
• 23:2523:25, 30 July 2008 diff hist +2,100 N SUNNYCREST SANITORIUM New page: SUNNYCREST SANITORIUM. Opened August 13, 1921, as a means of curtailing the rapid spread of tuberculosis. Initial discussions about the care of patients with tuberculosis were held in the ...
• 23:2323:23, 30 July 2008 diff hist +972 N SUNDAY SCHOOL PARADE New page: SUNDAY SCHOOL PARADE. Annual event of Protestant churches in the Dubuque area. Eastern cities had similar celebrations years before Dubuque. Led in the Midwest by such cities as Davenport,...
• 23:2223:22, 30 July 2008 diff hist +3,465 N SUMMIT CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST New page: SUMMIT CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. Summit celebrated the 100th anniversary on March 8, 1987, of the call of the American Sunday School Union in 1887 for the formation of a Sund...
• 23:2023:20, 30 July 2008 diff hist +502 N SULLIVANESQUE ARCHITECTURE New page: SULLIVANESQUE ARCHITECTURE. Developed by Chicago architect Louis Sullivan (1856--1924), the style is characterized by wall surfaces displaying extensive low-relief terra cotta or plaster o...
• 23:1923:19, 30 July 2008 diff hist +544 N SULLIVAN, Mary St. Clara (Sister) New page: SULLIVAN, Mary St. Clara (Sister) (Cherokee, IA,-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 16, 1985). Broadcaster and author. Sister Sullivan was recognized in 1951 by McCall’s magazine as one of the seven Unit...
• 23:1823:18, 30 July 2008 diff hist −4 SULLIVAN, Edward Patrick (Father) No edit summary
• 23:1723:17, 30 July 2008 diff hist +991 N SULLIVAN, Edward Patrick (Father) New page: SULLIVAN, Edward Patrick (Father) (Waukon, IA, Jan. 21, 1909-Dubuque, IA, July 8, 1982). Former art chairman of LORAS COLLEGE. Sullivan was ordained a priest on June 11, 1938, at [[SAI...
• 23:1623:16, 30 July 2008 diff hist +234 N STUBER, John, Sr. New page: STUBER, John, Sr. (Solithorn, Switzerland, Oct. 18, 1832-Dubuque, IA, 1909). Cabinetmaker. By way of several eastern cities, Stuber moved to Dubuque in 1857 where he helped organize the [[...
• 23:1523:15, 30 July 2008 diff hist +837 N STUBER, John, Jr. New page: STUBER, John, Jr. (Dubuque, IA, July 15, 1860--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 10, 1932). City clerk and musician. Employed thirty years with the DUBUQUE CABINET MAKERS' ASSOCIATION, Stuber later wo...
• 23:1423:14, 30 July 2008 diff hist +301 N STROBEL, John H. New page: STROBEL, John H. (Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 19, 1825-Dubuque, IA, Mar. 18, 1906). Pork packer. Strobel, who came to Dubuque in 1851, was one of the city's major candle manufacturers during t...
• 23:1323:13, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,245 N STRENG, William (Rev.) New page: STRENG, William (Rev.) (Auburn, NB-Dubuque, IA, Oct. 30, 1983). Professor. Streng held the position of professor of Christian education at WARTBURG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY from 1951 to 19...
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• 21:4321:43, 30 July 2008 diff hist +5,510 N STREETS New page: STREETS (name changes). Dubuque, like other Iowa cities, changed street names over the years. Among those that have been changed are the following: (research credit-John Klauer) Original ...
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• 21:3321:33, 30 July 2008 diff hist +4,738 N STREETCARS New page: STREETCARS. On April 2, 1867, Dubuque citizens voted 2,188 to 137 to permit the operation of streetcars in the city. At the time, the only other city west of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER to p...
• 21:2921:29, 30 July 2008 diff hist +299 N STRAYER, J. J. New page: STRAYER, J. J. (York, PA, Aug. 28, 1869--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 6, 1937). Merchant. Strayer pioneered an easy payment plan for credit merchandising in Dubuque prior to the rise of retail chain ...
• 21:2921:29, 30 July 2008 diff hist +34 N STRAW HAT INCIDENT New page: STRAW HAT INCIDENT. See: SNOWFALLS
• 21:2821:28, 30 July 2008 diff hist +368 N STRAUB, Joseph New page: STRAUB, Joseph. (Dubuque, IA, 1916-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 11, 1987). Physician. Straub, a physician in Dubuque from 1952 to 1983 and president of all Dubuque hospitals, held memberships in the ...
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• 21:2721:27, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,109 N STRAND THEATER New page: STRAND THEATER. Originally the MAIN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. The building was converted into a theater in 1919. Dubinsky Brothers of Chicago took over the ownership in 1976. In August 1980...
• 21:2521:25, 30 July 2008 diff hist +2,169 N STOUT HOUSE New page: STOUT HOUSE. Dubuque's only representative of RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE in a private home. The mansion was designed by an architect named Spenser in the mid-1890s. It was s...