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[[Image:DBQCARNIVAL.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Image courtesy: Kendall C. Day Family Collection]] | [[Image:DBQCARNIVAL.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Image courtesy: Kendall C. Day Family Collection]] | ||
[[Image:DBQCARNIVAL2.png|left|thumb|350px|Image courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pages/You-know-you-grew-up-in-Dubuque-Iowa-if-you-remember/130170407077838]]DUBUQUE CARNIVAL. | [[Image:DBQCARNIVAL2.png|left|thumb|350px|Image courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pages/You-know-you-grew-up-in-Dubuque-Iowa-if-you-remember/130170407077838]]DUBUQUE CARNIVAL. Held in 1899, the carnival led to the following editorial in ''The Herald'' on October 17, 1899: | ||
The green-eyed monster still has its claws implanted | |||
on the newspapers of Cedar Rapids as far as the Dubuque | |||
carnival is concerned. Don't feel bad, boys, because | |||
the Dubuque affair was better than yours. Like the | |||
capture of Cervera's fleet, there is enough glory to | |||
go around. | |||
The comparison mentioned referred to a famous sea battle pictured below: | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 2 September 2019
DUBUQUE CARNIVAL. Held in 1899, the carnival led to the following editorial in The Herald on October 17, 1899:
The green-eyed monster still has its claws implanted
on the newspapers of Cedar Rapids as far as the Dubuque
carnival is concerned. Don't feel bad, boys, because
the Dubuque affair was better than yours. Like the
capture of Cervera's fleet, there is enough glory to
go around.
The comparison mentioned referred to a famous sea battle pictured below:
