On the 15th of November in 1884 Bernard rented the lower room of the old convent building which was on lot 15 in block 9 of the New Cassel plat.
Father Michels purchased this building for the first three sisters of the St. Franciscan Order of school Sisters that came from Germany to New Cassel.
The lower rooms of this building Bernard used until 1886 when he moved and purchased the property on number 6 out lot of Campbellsports addition.
For 12 years he used the south eastroom of the second floor to manufacture cigars.
In 1902 he built his cigar shop on the south side of his parents home, and the address is on 415 south Fond du Lac Ave.
The plat reading is the SE1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section Town 13 - Range 18E- the out lot is number 6.
Like many families they all helped to manufacture the cigars. After Bernard retired his son August operated the business from 1942 to 1952. In the spring of 1953 the shop was closed and the manufacturing equipment was given to the State Historical Society in Madison, WI.
The manufacturing number was 24, and of the first cigar district of the State of Wisconsin.
Bernard Ullrich first registry certificate of 1885 for New Cassel, and on March 25th 1886 it was transferred to section 13 of the Town of Ashford.
The different brands of cigars in all the years of manufacturing were, Harbor, LaZeola, Silver Ash, The Havana Bouquet, The Shoe Peg, The Lady Esther, The Holder, and Ullrich's Best. In 1929 a box of cigars cost $2.00 a box.
The tobacco for the wrapper and filler came from Havana and Puerto, and was shipped to the Binder Tobacco Co. of the State of Connecticut.
From there it was shipped to the Sturman Bros and Hayden Tobacco Co. of Milwaukee, and then to the Ullrich Cigar Shop.
All the cigars were formed by hand, and then put in a cigar mold, and pressed, and held for a s long as an hour until the moisture content of the tobacco would be out so that the cigar would hold together.
A state inspector would come every 3 months to check the weight and length of the cigars.
A federal inspector would come every 3 months and check the operation the size and quality of the cigars.
He would establish the revenue to the government, and the amount on the tobacco stamp.
The early cigar maker who came from Germany in 1874, and started somewhere in Campbellsport is A. H. Muchlhauser. The location of his place of business was someplace in the Village of Campbellsport.
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