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DUBUQUE UNDERTAKING CO.
DUBUQUE UNDERTAKING CO. The Dubuque Undertaking Company began business during the third week of November, 1904. J. J. Hoar, involved in the undertaking business in Dubuque for twenty-five years and serving his second term as county coroner, was in charge. The company advertised that someone was in attendance at the company's office day and night.
The 1909 Dubuque City Directory located this business at 737 Main.
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Source:
"Ready for Business," Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, November 27, 1904, p. 8