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Beyond an interest in the paper, Quigley contributed generously to those who suffered from natural or man-made calamities. Through his efforts, five thousand dollars in preferred stock of the ''Telegraph-Herald'' were given to [[FINLEY HOSPITAL (THE)]], Dubuque Boys' Welfare Association, [[SAINT VINCENT de PAUL]], St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, [[SAINT ANTHONY'S HOME FOR THE AGED]], the House of the Good Shepherd, [[MOUNT PLEASANT HOME]], and the St. Francis Home. | Beyond an interest in the paper, Quigley contributed generously to those who suffered from natural or man-made calamities. Through his efforts, five thousand dollars in preferred stock of the ''Telegraph-Herald'' were given to [[FINLEY HOSPITAL (THE)]], Dubuque Boys' Welfare Association, [[SAINT VINCENT de PAUL]], St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, [[SAINT ANTHONY'S HOME FOR THE AGED]], the House of the Good Shepherd, [[MOUNT PLEASANT HOME]], and the St. Francis Home. | ||
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Goodspeed, Weston A. History of Dubuque County, Iowa; ed. by F. T. Oldt and P. J. Quigley; Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911 | |||
"Irish in Iowa," Online: http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/irelandbios9.htm#quigley | |||
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QUIGLEY, Patrick J. (Binghamton, NY, June I, 1837-Dubuque, IA, Feb. 28, 1917). Publisher of the TELEGRAPH HERALD. Quigley, the son of John Quigley became one of the organizers of the Dubuque Telegraph and in later years owned seventy-five percent of the stock in the merged Telegraph Herald. Quigley came to Dubuque in 1863 from a farm north of town and opened a grocery store. Upon his return from a trip west in 1868, he was elected clerk of the circuit and district courts. He kept the position from 1871 to 1881.
Retiring as clerk, Quigley organized the Dubuque Telegraph. He remained with the paper only one year before selling his interest to the widow of Dennis MAHONY. A brief interest in living in South Dakota was ended when drought struck.
Quigley hurried back to Dubuque and joined the Democrat, a paper founded as a result of a strike against the Telegraph. In 1884 the Telegraph and Democrat merged with Quigley the president and manager. The new paper was briefly known as the Telegraph-Democrat. When Quigley secured sole ownership, the paper was once again known as the Telegraph. With the merger of the Telegraph and Herald on November 1, 1901, Quigley became the business manager and eventually the publisher.
Beyond an interest in the paper, Quigley contributed generously to those who suffered from natural or man-made calamities. Through his efforts, five thousand dollars in preferred stock of the Telegraph-Herald were given to FINLEY HOSPITAL (THE), Dubuque Boys' Welfare Association, SAINT VINCENT de PAUL, St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, SAINT ANTHONY'S HOME FOR THE AGED, the House of the Good Shepherd, MOUNT PLEASANT HOME, and the St. Francis Home.
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Source:
Goodspeed, Weston A. History of Dubuque County, Iowa; ed. by F. T. Oldt and P. J. Quigley; Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911
"Irish in Iowa," Online: http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/irelandbios9.htm#quigley