The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-07
GUY BAKER ILL.
Him to Temporarily Seek Relief
at a Hospital.

The friends of Guy w. Baker in
| Mankato and elsewhere will regret to
learn that he has been obliged to tenn
porarily retire from business and seek
| treatment in hospital for nervous
troubles. For the past twelve years
Mr.. Baker has applied himself closely
to office work with the ST. Paul White
Lead & OH company, in which corpora
tion he holds a financial interest.
About a wear and half ago he as
sumed entire business management OF
the concern and was making a most
gratifying success in his efforts until
| he began to show signs Of mental fall
ing caused by overwork and too close
application. The first evidence that
everything was not right, was dis
covered about five months ago, at
which time he began to make unusual
purchases for material for his COM
pany. He seemed to go on the theory
that he was possessed Of great wealth
and wanted to employ his capital in
the enlargement of the company's
business by increasing it's stock OF ma
terial and establishing branch works
in several of the larger cities. On
every other subject he was as COM
pletely rational as ever, and in no
other way could his family or closest
friends discover any mental impair
ment. In fact his peculiar freak was
so cunningly exhibited as to disarm
even those closest to him for some
| weeks.
Finally his family prevailed upon
him that he should take little rest
/ and he made a visit to his uncle, DR..
B. G. Brett, Green Bay, Wis. The
| doctor gave him close attention for a
| long time and was disposed for some
! weeks to believe that Guy was all
right, and that his immediate family
and friends were unduly and need
lessly alarmed. Finally, however,
| through business letters which Guy
| wrote from time to time and which
| were perused by the doctor, he dis
covered unmistakable evidence that
| the young man was not wholly right
on the question of finances, and he
was taken to Milwaukee and examined
by DR.. Mcbride and other experts on
nervous troubles. They pronounced
his weakness as the result of too close
| confinement to office work and anxiety
| over business affairs, and prescribed
| for him absolute rest. He was ac-
cordingly, and about two weeks ago,
taken to the Rest Cure at Wawatosa,
Wis, where he now is and where it is
| pleasant to learn, he is gradually i'm
proving. The doctors who have him
in charge say that there is no doubt
about his complete recovery in the
near future, and claim that there need
be no apprehension about the result.
Sundays Minneapolis Tribune pub
| fishes a communication from it's st.
Paul correspondent which is so radi-
cally at variance with existing facts
as to call for correction. 1t says
| that Mr.. Baker was taken to St. Louis
for treatment, and that he is hope
lessly insane, neither of which state
ments are in any sense true. And of
course the statement that Mr.. Bakers
, wife and mother were called to St.
Louis is equally erroneous.
While Mr.. Baker made several large
orders for stock not needed, they have
| been since cancelled, and the company
has in no wise suffered any injury, but
is as strong financially as ever, and it's
business is going on prosperously. 1t
is hoped and expected that Guy will
be fully restored to health in a few
weeks, and be able to resume his du-
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