. History of Milwaukee, city and county . was a republican, alwaysloyal to the principles of the party. He was a member of the Immanuel Presbyterianchurch and died in that faith March 13, 1915. A self-made man, he had built up asubstantial business without outside assistance and had one of the largest paperhouses in the city. He occupied a most enviable position in both commercial andsocial circles and he ever found time to cooperate in those interests and measureswhich had to do with the intellectual and moral upbuilding of the community and theadvancement of its civic standards. ALFRED NICHO
. History of Milwaukee, city and county . was a republican, alwaysloyal to the principles of the party. He was a member of the Immanuel Presbyterianchurch and died in that faith March 13, 1915. A self-made man, he had built up asubstantial business without outside assistance and had one of the largest paperhouses in the city. He occupied a most enviable position in both commercial andsocial circles and he ever found time to cooperate in those interests and measureswhich had to do with the intellectual and moral upbuilding of the community and theadvancement of its civic standards. ALFRED NICHOLAS EDWARD MERTEN, M. D. Among the younger physicians of Milwaukee who have attained creditable positionin professional ranks, liaving already reached a place that many an older representa-tive ot the profession might well envj-, is Dr. Alfred Nicholas Edward Merten, who hashis offices at No. 211 Grand avenue ard who is practicing successfully as a physicianand surgeon. He was born in West Bend, Wisconsin, July 16, 1895, and is a son of. EDMOND A. BOUER HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE 517 Jacob and Minnie (Grau) Merten. tlie former a traveling salesman who resides inMilwaukee. In their family were four sons. In the year 1906 the father removedwith his family to Milwaukee, leaving West Bend, so that Dr. Merten continued hiseducation in the public .schools of this city, being graduated from the North Divisionhigh school with the class of 1913. A review of the broad field of business led him tothe conclusion that he wished to make the practice of medicine and surgery his lifework. Accordingly he spent five years as a student in the Marquette University and thelast tour years of that period were devoted to the study of medicine, bringing him tohis graduation on the 10th of June, 191S, at which time the professional degree wasconferred upon him. He afterward spent a year as interne in the Milwaukee Hospital,gaining broad and valuable experience which can never be acquired as quickly in anyothe
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