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[[File:butter4.png|200px|thumb| | [[File:butter4.png|200px|thumb|right|Clipboard]]DUBUQUE BUTTER AND MILK COMPANY. Dubuque Butter and Milk Company opened in Dubuque for business on June 8, 1903. Formerly located in Elgin, Illinois, the firm was encouraged to move to Dubuque by the Dubuque Retailer's League. (1) | ||
The company was located in a building at the corner of Locust and Jones that once was occupied by the [[EXCELSIOR BRASS WORKS]]. According to a newspaper article at the time "the company will place in the market pasteurized hermetalic bottled milk which is considered the purest milk that can be had. (2) It was also noted that "wagons will be numerous about the streets." (3) In October the company demonstrated to the board of health and doctors of Dubuque how milk was "purified." (4) | The company was located in a building at the corner of Locust and Jones that once was occupied by the [[EXCELSIOR BRASS WORKS]]. According to a newspaper article at the time "the company will place in the market pasteurized hermetalic bottled milk which is considered the purest milk that can be had. (2) It was also noted that "wagons will be numerous about the streets." (3) In October the company demonstrated to the board of health and doctors of Dubuque how milk was "purified." (4) | ||
Revision as of 03:54, 26 October 2013
DUBUQUE BUTTER AND MILK COMPANY. Dubuque Butter and Milk Company opened in Dubuque for business on June 8, 1903. Formerly located in Elgin, Illinois, the firm was encouraged to move to Dubuque by the Dubuque Retailer's League. (1)
The company was located in a building at the corner of Locust and Jones that once was occupied by the EXCELSIOR BRASS WORKS. According to a newspaper article at the time "the company will place in the market pasteurized hermetalic bottled milk which is considered the purest milk that can be had. (2) It was also noted that "wagons will be numerous about the streets." (3) In October the company demonstrated to the board of health and doctors of Dubuque how milk was "purified." (4)
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Source:
Dr. Darryl Mozena
1. "New Company Starts," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, June 7, 1903, p. 6
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. "Pure Milk Process," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, October 31, 1903, p. 6