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DUBUQUE GUARDS
DUBUQUE GUARDS. At a meeting informally called at the DUBUQUE CITY HALL on June 8, 1875, the Dubuque Guards, a military company, was organized. Despite little publicity, thirty-six men signed up. A great effort was promised to obtain all the equipment and arms by the Fourth of July when the group would make its first appearance. (1) By June 15, 1875 the enrollment had reached one hundred. (2)
In August the Guards won the admiration of the Dubuque Herald when they chose to return forty-eight hats to a Chicago firm and purchase them from Armsden and Son, a Dubuque company. (3)
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Source:
1. "Dubuque Guards," Dubuque Herald, June 9, 1875, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18750609&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
2. "Caught on the Fly," Dubuque Herald, June 15, 1875, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18750615&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
3. "Caught on the Fly," Dubuque Herald, August 5, 1875, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18750805&printsec=frontpage&hl=en