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SCHIEK, Arthur D. (Tioga County, PA-- ). Arthur D. Schiek was educated in the public schools of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and at the age of nineteen graduated from high school there. | SCHIEK, Arthur D. (Tioga County, PA-- ). Arthur D. Schiek was educated in the public schools of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and at the age of nineteen graduated from high school there. | ||
He entered the Pillsbury Flour Mills, serving a three and a half years' apprenticeship in the miller's trade, and then moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, as a representative for the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsylvania, remaining in | He entered the Pillsbury Flour Mills, serving a three and a half years' apprenticeship in the miller's trade, and then moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, as a representative for the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsylvania, remaining in that territory about a year. | ||
that territory about a year. | |||
He was transferred to Dubuque where he continued his connection with the company for about two and a half years. In 1903 he established the | He was transferred to Dubuque where he continued his connection with the company for about two and a half years. In 1903 he established the [[DUBUQUE ADVERTISING CO.]], with offices in the [[BANK AND INSURANCE BUILDING]]. | ||
[[Category: Business Leader]] | [[Category: Business Leader]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:48, 21 December 2015
SCHIEK, Arthur D. (Tioga County, PA-- ). Arthur D. Schiek was educated in the public schools of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and at the age of nineteen graduated from high school there.
He entered the Pillsbury Flour Mills, serving a three and a half years' apprenticeship in the miller's trade, and then moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, as a representative for the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsylvania, remaining in that territory about a year.
He was transferred to Dubuque where he continued his connection with the company for about two and a half years. In 1903 he established the DUBUQUE ADVERTISING CO., with offices in the BANK AND INSURANCE BUILDING.