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The 1903 ''Dubuque County Rural Route Directory'' listed 136-146 Main. | The 1903 '''Dubuque County Rural Route Directory''' listed 136-146 Main. | ||
The 1909 ''Dubuque City Directory'' through 1948 ''Dubuque Classified Business Directory'' | The 1909 '''Dubuque City Directory''' through 1948 '''Dubuque Classified Business Directory''' listed 106-120 Main as the address. | ||
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Revision as of 05:02, 25 February 2020
DENNIS BROS. COMPANY. In 1910 Dennis Bros. had been established over twenty-five years. It was originally known as Watters & Dennis before its reorganization in 1900. In 1910 the company was the largest jobber and wholesaler of flour in Iowa. (2)
The company did a general jobbing business of flour, feed, grain, hay, oil meal, molasses feeds and poultry feeds. The business was the agent for Prairie Queen, the top-quality brand milled at Sheldon, Iowa; Big D, a private Dennis brand milled in Kansas City; and I.H., the initials of Ismert-Hincke, the Kansas city firm that did the milling. In later years, the firm was a distributor for Pillsbury flour. (3)
The company owned two warehouses for storage. Between 4,000 to 5,000 barrels of flour were kept in stock at all times. (5) Flour came in 24.5 lb, 49 lb, and 96 lb sizes when they were delivered to grocery stores. These weights allowed for a barrel of flour which weighed 96 pounds to be evenly divided. Annual revenues of $2 million were not unusual. (4)
The company was liquidated in 1916. (5)
The 1903 Dubuque County Rural Route Directory listed 136-146 Main.
The 1909 Dubuque City Directory through 1948 Dubuque Classified Business Directory listed 106-120 Main as the address.
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Source:
1. Site Inventory Form. State Historical Society of Iowa. Online: http://www.cityofdubuque.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/2927, p. 9
2. "Largest Jobbers of Flour in Iowa are Located in Dubuque," Dubuque Herald, February 10, 1910, p. 1
3. "Action Line," Telegraph-Herald, March 9, 1975, p. 23
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
See: Albert DENNIS
See: W. S. DENNIS
