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OLIVER & CRAGIN
OLIVER & CRAGIN. The 1865 Dubuque City Directory through 1884-1885 Guide, Gazetteer and Directory of the Dubuque & Soux (sic) City Railroad stated that this business was located at the corner of 9th and Iowa.
The company in 1867 had a capital investment of $10,000 and had $14,000 in business. The company employed twelve men. (1)
By 1878 the firm was an agency for the Peerless Radiator Shaking Grate. (2)
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Source:
1. "The Manufacturing Interest," Dubuque Daily Herald, December 15, 1867, p. 4. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jMZCAAAAIBAJ&sjid=casMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3423,6144162&dq=shot+manufacturing+dubuque&hl=en
2. Daily Herald (advertising) July 25, 1878, p. 3