The Mankato free press., 1912-12-13
DEATH OF B. 0. sQU|ER
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
b. o. Squier, travelling representa-
tive of the Free Press Printing COM
pany, died at st. James hospital,
jamestown, N. d., at $40 o'clock
yesterday afternoon of typhoid pneu-
mona.
Mr.. Squier was on his way home
from a three months trip in, Mon
tana and North Dakota, and reach
ed jamestown Saturday. While there
| he was taken i'll and was removed
to the hospital Monday. He expect
ed to cover few other North Da-
| kota points on his way home, plan
ming to reach Mankato about the
GOTH At that time he anticipated
! q vacation and was going to his
family in Belleville, Ohio, for
months visit. He looked forward
to this vacation with great deal
of pleasure.
Captain Squier had been in the
employ of the Free Press Printing
company since last spring. He
made friends wherever he went and
was good salesman. He was
about forty-five years old and served
! as captain in the Spanish-Ameri-
| can war. He was a thirty-Second
degree Mason.
The remains are in charge of
| brother from the east and will be
taken to Ohio for burial.
From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. Theodore Larson, 413 Van
Brunt street passed away about six
o'clock last evening after long
| illness from tuberculosis. She was
| thirty-siX years of age She leaves
a husband and three small children.
!! Mr.. and Mrs. Larson came here
short time ago from Owatonna and
they have relatives there. The
funeral will be held Monday morn
ing from st. Johns Catholic church
at nine o'clock Interment will take
place at Calvary cemetery.
From Fridays Daily
Fred E. Foster, the blind man who
has been familiar figure on the
streets of Mankato for several years
died this morning at the Minneopa
house. 1t will be remembered that
! Mr.. Foster formerly conducted a
! peanut stand on the corner Of Front
and Jackson streets and was a
/
dren in the city. For the past two
years he has been travelling for dif.
| ferent concerns. He returned to Man
! katO about a month ago and was
selling patent hair tonic. Of late
! he has had very poor health and
has been taken care of by Mrs.
I Cary Aitkin, proprietor Of the Min
neopa house. About two weeks ago
! 1. ,,t, L., TNF ,l1-k- tSs
He passed away this morning about
feleven o'clock.
! 1t is said that he has Il wife liv-
! ing somewhere, but efforts to locate
her have been futile. He is also
said to have brother and sister
| living near Lake Crystal Since
his wife left him several years ago
/ Mr. Foster has been alone in the
7, world and has been good deal OF
/ a traveller. He has Travelled all over
the western states and it is only
until lately when his health began
to fail that he has not been able
to take care of himself.
The funeral will be held Sunday
at the Salvation Army hall. Cap
tain F. Buyer will have charge of
the services.
Major Ebenezer A. Rice. last sur
viving field officer Of the Second
Minnesota cavalry, died at 10:30 p.
III. Wednesday at the Minnesota
Soldiers home hospital. Minnehaha.
G. A. r. ritual services were held
in the chapel of the home at $3.50
a. m. today. The remains will be
taken by his two daughters, Mrs.
Josephine Plank of Minneapolis and
Mrs. Helen Pentz of st. Paul to
Pipestone, Mimi. where they will
be inferred beside his wife's body.
Major Rice was Knight Templar
and will be buried with full Ma
! sonic rites and honorS.
= Major Rice was an uncle of S.
! H. Grannis of this city. He was
past ninety years Of age.
erom Saturdays Daily.
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