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RHOMBERG, Joseph H.
RHOMBERG, Joseph H. (Dubuque, IA, July 31, 1863--Dubuque, IA, July 1, 1929). General manager, DUBUQUE STAR BREWING COMPANY. Educated in Dubuque; Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; and St. Louis, Missouri, Rhomberg worked from 1881 until 1885 on the Austin and Northwestern Railroad owned by his father, Joseph A. RHOMBERG.
In 1885 Rhomberg returned to Dubuque and became the general manager and superintendent of the DUBUQUE STREET RAILWAY COMPANY which was operated by his father. In 1898 he was one of the organizers of the Dubuque Star Brewing Company, eventually one of the largest businesses of its kind in Iowa.