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Ed W. Neumeister, secretary and treasurer of the Milwaukee Dairy Supply & Manufacturing Company, occupies an enviable position in the commercial and industrial circles of the city, having worked his way steadily upward to success. He was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, October 15, 1875, and is a son of Julius and Louise (Weller) Neumeister. The father was a native of Germany, and the mother of Wisconsin. The former came to America with his parents when a lad of but nine years. He was a merchant, devoting his life to the conduct of a store from early manhood to the present time, and both he and his wife still make their home in Sheboygan.

Ed W. Neumeister was educated in the public schools of his native city and when his textbooks were put aside he, too, became connected with the retail dry goods trade and devoted nine years to a mercantile career. On the expiration of that period he went to Chicago, where he conducted a grocery and meat market on his own account, his store being situated on Armitage avenue, where he continued in the business for several years. He then came to Milwaukee and was associated with Hugo Bauch as buyer for the carpet and drapery department for nine years. Each change that he has made is indicative of progress and enterprise. In 1911 he became associated with the Milwaukee Dairy & Supply Company, which was incorporated in that year, Mr. Neumeister becoming the secretary and treasurer, which position he has since filled. This company specializes in the manufacture of automatic milk bottle fillers and cappers and also handles dairy supplies, the president of the company having been the inventor of the machines which it turns out. The firm occupies a one-story brick building, one hundred and fifty-seven by one hundred and twenty feet and the building stands upon a tract of six vacant lots. Its fillers have become known all over the world and the output of the manufactory is sent into almost every section of the civilized globe, going as far as Hongkong, China. This company now has the bulk of the business of this character in the United States and the liberal patronage which it receives is well merited by reason of the thoroughly reliable business methods of the house, its undaunted enterprise and its continued activity to improve its output. Mr. Neumeister is the secretary, treasurer and one of the directors of the Stout Crate Company, Inc., an Illinois company doing business in Milwaukee. He is likewise the secretary of the Kester Manufacturing Company and his enterprise and sound business judgment make his cooperation a valuable asset in the conduct of the various interests with which he is associated.

In January, 1902, Mr. Neumeister was married to Miss Caroline Freidrich of Chicago, and they have two children: Loraine and Wilma. Mr. Neumeister is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and also of the Optimist Club. He likewise belongs to the Milwaukee Association of Commerce, which is indicative of his interest in all that pertains to public progress and improvement as relating to the city. His substantial worth has made him widely known and his life should serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration to others, showing what can be accomplished through individual effort.