Bio of LEISTER, Oscar H. (b.1875), 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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Vol II, pg 635-636
O. H. LEISTER (Oscar H. Leister)
Since March, 1921, O. H. Leister has been president and treasurer of the Acme
Tag Company, one of the representative business enterprises of Minneapolis. A
native of Wisconsin, his birth occurred in Milwaukee on the 24th of June, 1875,
his parents being Charles and Mary (Heckman) Leister. Both the father and the
paternal grand­father, Aaron Leister, were born in Pennsylvania.
In the acquirement of his education O. H. Leister attended the public schools of
Milwaukee, and after some minor business connections became associated with the
Milwaukee Harvester Company, with which he remained for three years. He then
became a member of the actuary department of the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company, continuing in the service of that corporation for ten years,
during which period he took up the study of law. Following his admission to the
bar he engaged in law practice in Milwaukee for two years, while subsequently he
devoted his attention to the conduct of a drug business in that pity for five
years. It was in 1911 that he came to Minneapolis and assumed the official
duties of treasurer of the Acme Tag Company, serving in that capacity for five
years and taking advantage of every oppor­tunity offered him to become
thoroughly familiar with the business. He then purchased the controlling
interest and since March, 1921 has been president and treasurer of the
corporation. Mr. Leister is a man of good business capacity, acknowledged
integrity of character, and also possesses an energy and progressiveness which
are prominent attributes of leaders in all lines of endeavor. The Acme Tag
Company manufactures paper products, making a specialty of shipping tags, and
has developed an enterprise of extensive and profitable proportions, now making
shipments to every state in the Union.
At St. Paul was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Leister and Adele Saveland, and
they have become parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Adele. Mrs. Leister is a woman
of much personal charm and she is prominent in the club and social circles of
Minneapolis.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Leister has given his endorsement to the
repub­lican party, having firm belief in its principles as factors in good
government. He is essentially public-spirited and his influence is ever on the
side of advancement and improvement. His religious faith is that of the
Christian Science church, while as a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity
he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, being a member of
Minneapolis Consistory; is a Knights Templar; and has crossed the sands of the
desert with the Nobles of Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. ' His appreciation
for the social amenities of life is indicated by his membership in the
Minneapolis Athletic and Interlachen clubs and he is likewise identi­fied with
the Civic & Commerce Association. He has. won a gratifying amount of prosperity
and is recognized as a reliable and substantial citizen whom to know is to
honor.