Christian C. Fleischer, D. D. S. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1187-1188 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	CHRISTIAN C. FLEISCHER, D. D. S., whose finely equipped offices 
are located in the Van Eps building, Sioux Falls, is a native of the 
state of Wisconsin, having been born in the city of La Crosse, on the 
13th of November, 1875, and being a son of Frederick and Josephine 
(Johnson) Fleischer, the former of whom died November 12, 1878, while 
the mother now makes her home with the subject. The Doctor completed the 
curriculum of the public and high schools of his native city, and in 
1892 was matriculated in the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, in the 
city of Chicago, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 
1898, receiving his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, and being 
thoroughly well equipped for the active work of his chosen profession. 
He initiated the practice of dentistry in his home city of La Crosse, 
where he remained thus engaged until September, 1901, when he came to 
Sioux Falls and here established himself in practice. He has gained a 
representative support and has already built up an excellent business, 
which shows a constantly cumulative tendency, as his abilities and 
devotion to his work become the better recognized. His office is 
supplied with the best mechanical devices and laboratory appurtenances, 
while the operative department is thoroughly modern in its equipment and 
facilities. Dr. Fleischer has ever given his allegiance to the 
Republican party, and his religious views are in harmony with the tenets 
of the Norwegian Lutheran church. He is a bachelor. The father of the 
Doctor was a native of Norway and was a man of high intellectuality. and 
sterling character. He was for many years prominently engaged in the 
newspaper business, having been editor and proprietor of the 
Fedrelandent og Emegranten, which exercised marked power and influence 
in connection with the colonization and material development of the 
western states. The subject is a charter member of the Psi Omega dental 
fraternity.