Herman P. Kreiser Biography


	This biography appears on pages 671-672 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				HERMAN P. KREISER.

	Herman P. Kreiser, a sound and conservative business man of Sioux 
Falls, owning one of the finest and most modern pharmacies in the city, 
was born in Hartford, Wisconsin, January 31, 1875, and he is a son of 
Frederick and Charlotta (Frederick) Kreiser. The father, who was a 
native of Germany, came to America in his early manhood and engaged in 
the contracting business, following that occupation for many years in 
Sioux Falls, whither he came in 1883. He died in this city in 1903 and 
is survived by his wife. 

	Herman P. Kreiser acquired his early education in the public 
schools of Sioux Falls and later attended the Sioux Falls Business 
College. He supplemented this by a course in the Minneapolis 
University, from which he was graduated in pharmacy in 1897. In 1900 he 
opened a drug store at the corner of Tenth street and Phillips avenue 
and as his business grew and expanded, requiring larger and more modern 
quarters, he removed to the new Boyce-Greely building at the corner of 
Eleventh street and Phillips avenue. Here he conducts a pharmacy that 
is complete in every detail and equipped with everything necessary for 
the carrying on of his business. In addition to the drug business 
proper Mr. Kreiser deals also in the various other commodities 
regularly found in a store of this character and he has in addition a 
modern soda fountain attended by a competent staff. He has made it his 
policy to give sound value for the money which his patrons spend in his 
store and has- closely adhered to courteous and reliable methods of 
business. As a result he has built up a large and representative 
patronage and is numbered today among the leading druggists in Sioux 
Falls. 

	On the 6th of September, 1900, in Sioux Falls, Mr. Kreiser was 
united in marriage to Miss Bernadetta Keenan. He belongs to the Elks 
and the Dacotah Clubs, is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the 
Woodmen of the World, and gives his political allegiance to the 
democratic party. As a progressive and public-spirited citizen he takes 
an intelligent interest in the growth and development of Sioux Falls 
but he is not in ally sense a politician, preferring to concentrate his 
attention upon the development of his business, in which he is meeting 
with gratifying and well deserved success.