Bio of COOK, L. D. (b.1888), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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L. D. COOK - Vol III, pg 333-334
L. D. Cook, one of the prominent and successful advertising men of the
Northwest, is now vice president and general manager of the enterprise known as
Aultman, Incorporated. A native of Michigan, his birth occurred in Moline, on
the 13th of February, 1888, a son of Playman and Alice Cook, the former a native
of Ohio and the latter born in New York. Playman Cook removed to Michigan near
the close of the Civil war and his wife removed there with her parents about the
same time. For many years Playman Cook was engaged in farming and in the lumber
business, achieving substantial success, and in 1890 he removed to Grand Rapids,
where he retired. His demise occurred in 1892 and his widow survived him until
1921. To their union five sons and one daughter were born, L. D. Cook being the
youngest.
The public schools of Grand Rapids afforded L. D. Cook his early education and
after graduating he made his initial step into the business world as a salesman,
selling bicycles and accessories for a time. Subsequently he became active in
the auto business, in which he continued four years. In 1909 he entered the
advertising busi­ness, becoming associated with the Gunning System, and
remaining with this firm until the Gunning System was succeeded by the Thomas
Cusack Company, when he continued to work for the new concern, spending eleven
years in the service of both companies. For some three years he was
superintendent of the Milwaukee office, was stationed at Louisville, Kentucky,
for one year, and was likewise associated with other branches of the same
company. In 1920 he came to Minneapolis and organized Aultman, Incorporated, in
May of that year. He became vice president and general manager of the enterprise
and he stands high among the representative business men of this community. His
self-reliance and unfaltering industry, combined with his integrity, constitute
the salient features in his success. There is no phase of the basiness with
which Mr. Cook is not familiar, for he has worked in all of its branches from
the bottom up. He is also identified with Aultman, Incorporated, of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. This concern makes a specialty of painted signs and all kinds of
outdoor advertising, and its trade covers the Northwest. For some time Mr. Cook
has been associated with the 0. J. Gude Company of New York and the Posters
Advertising Company.
In November, 1911, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Cook to Miss Lillian
Meyerpeter, the ceremony being performed in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Cook is a
daughter of Mrs. Mary Meyerpeter, a resident of Milwaukee, is a woman of much
culture and refinement and is socially prominent.
Since attaining his majority L. D. Cook has maintained an independent course in
politics, giving his support to the man he thinks best fitted for the office
without regard for party principles. He is essentially public-spirited and his
influence is ever on the side of advancement and improvement. Fraternally he is
identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, holding membership in
Lodge No. 46, of Mil­waukee, and he is an active member of the Minneapolis
Athletic Club, the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, the Civic & Commerce
Association and the Minneapolis Auto Association. For recreation Mr. Cook turns
to the great outdoors and is particularly fond of autoing and fishing. L. D.
Cook has won a gratifying measure of prosperity and is recognized as a reliable
and substantial citizen whom to know is to honor.