. History of Milwaukee, city and county . e Order of Elks. His social qualities as well as his professional ability haveestablished him high in public regard and he is most widely and favorably knownin this city. RICHARD 0. BAYER. Among the important business enterprises of Milwaukee is that with whichRichard O. Bayer is connected. He is president of the Milwaukee Toy Company, whole-sale jobbers in toys, the business having been founded by him in 1914, since whichtime it has grown to extensive proportions. Mr. Bayer is one of Milwaukees nativesons, his birth having occurred February IS, 1874,
. History of Milwaukee, city and county . e Order of Elks. His social qualities as well as his professional ability haveestablished him high in public regard and he is most widely and favorably knownin this city. RICHARD 0. BAYER. Among the important business enterprises of Milwaukee is that with whichRichard O. Bayer is connected. He is president of the Milwaukee Toy Company, whole-sale jobbers in toys, the business having been founded by him in 1914, since whichtime it has grown to extensive proportions. Mr. Bayer is one of Milwaukees nativesons, his birth having occurred February IS, 1874, his parents being Dr. William andRose Bayer, both of whom were natives of Germany. They came to Milwaukee in1848. Dr. Bayer was one of the pioneer teachers here and established the first busi-ness college of the city known as the Bayer Commercial College, which he maintainedtor many years, making it a well known institution and one of the leading businesscolleges of his day. Dr. Bayer was also a teacher of languages and was a linguist of. RICHARD 0. BAYER PIISTORY OF MILWATKEE 335 marked ability, speaking many tongues fluently and proving most successful in in-structing others in this way. He died in IJOti, having for a decade survived his wife,who passed away in 1895. Richard O, Bayer was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee, being graduatedin 18X6. He then started out in the business world as an errand boy in the employof the Meinecke Toy Company, with which he remained until the firm went out ofexistence in 1913, or for a period of twenty-seven years. He had steadily worked hisway upward from one position to another until he had become secretary of the com-pany, his powers being steadily developed through his experience, while the scope ofhis activity constantly broadened with each promotion that he won. In 1913 he wentabroad, spending that and the succeeding year in Europe, visiting various countriesand upon his return to Milwaukee he organized the Milwaukee Toy Comp
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