Bio of Troutman, Ludwig, Jr. Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Troutman, Ludwig, Jr., (page 982), druggist. Mr. Troutman pursued his
studies in this city until he went to St. Louis to complete his course and
perfect himself in a knowledge of the German language. Returning from St.
Louis he entered the La Crosse Business College, from which he graduated
in 1880. The same year he entered the drug-house of J. J. Stone, M.D., of
Wabasha, with whom he remained until the drug-house was destroyed by fire,
when he went into partnership with the doctor in the same line of trade in
Argyle, Wisconsin, and was there until opening business here for himself
in 1882. Before entering the drug-house of Dr. Stone, young Troutman, who
from his boyhood had evidenced a taste for the business of dispensing
medicines, had been familiarizing himself with the nature of drugs,
spending much of his time in the drug-house of Seeley & La Rue, of this
place. It is now his intention to take a course in pharmacy at the St.
Louis College, having completed the four year's preliminary service in a
drug-house required in that institution.