The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-06
100 MEMBERS WILL Be HERE
City Officials and Heads of Great Bus
mess Enterprises Invited to Aid in
Entertaining Visitors During Stop
Here.


Official notification has been received
that large delegation of Milwaukee
business men will visit this city dur
ing the second week of June on the
eleventh annual excursion of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
of that city. The special train con-
sisting of nine coaches will leave Mil
waukee June 5th to follow an timer
airy which includes forty cities in
Northern Illinois, Western Wisconsin
and Northeastern Minnesota.
The annual excursion is in line with
previous trips taken by the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association
through territory tributary to Milwau
kee trade. The Merchants and Manu-
facturers Association is the represen
tative business organization of Mil
waukee with membership of more
than one thousand composed of the
leading business houses of the Cream
City. In previous years trips have
been taken through Northern Wiscon-
sin and the Upper Peninsula of Michi-
gan, Southwestern Wisconsin and Iowa,
and the Dakotas. This year the Mil
waukee business men will devote their
entire itinerary to territory within the
Badger State in an effort to increase
Milwaukee trade. A large part of the
trade of the cities to be visited now
turns to Milwaukee as the most advan-
tageous jobbing and manufacturing
center in the Middle West and mem
bers Of the Merchants and Manufacture
ers' Association are assured that this
trade will be increased by the project
ed trip. vs.
Milwaukee's situation commands ex-
cellent transportation facilities to
points in this territory and it's reputa-
tion as jobbing and manufacturing
center is well known. Local merchants
who have placed orders with Milwau-
kee houses will be pleased to learn that
recent improvements have been made
in passenger facilities to Milwaukee
over connecting roads.
In addition to the business features
Of the trip the Milwaukee men bring
with them several interesting features
for the entertainment of their guests.
The famous Merchants and Manufac-
turers Association Octette is one of
the most remarkable singing organiza-
tions of their city. Composed of eight
male voices their repertoire embraces
everything from the old familiar selec-
tions of the home to the more classical
selections of well known composers.
The success of this organization on pre-
vious excursions lends added interest
to the feats which they promise to per-
form this year. In arranging for the
entertainment of the Milwaukee bust
ness men no lunches or dinners will be
PROVIDED at cities enroute as the time
of the merchants is so economically ar
ranged as to provide for all meals
while on the train, three diners being
part of the regular train equipment.
Advantage from this trip will be de-
rived not only by the Milwaukee job
bers and manufacturers but each city
at which they stop will receive large
amount of valuable business publicity
through the five newspaper men, repre-
seuting Milwaukee newspapers, who
will accompany the merchants through
out the entire excursion. Each day of
the trip column articles will appear in
all of the Milwaukee papers contain
ing descriptions of the territory visited.