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The St. Paul Globe
Monday, September, 5, 1898

              DIED WHILE AWHEEL
              
              SUDDEN DEATH OF OSCAR L. CUTTER,
               OF ANOKA
               
              Cashier of the State Bank Falls From
               His Bicycle Dead While on a
               Pleasure Trip to Elk River - 
               He Had Been Prominent in Public
               Life and in the Secret Orders
               
              Anoka, Minn., - Sept. 4 - (Special) -
              OSCAR L. CUTTER, one of Anoka's most prominent
            citizens, died very suddenly this afternoon. The
            news of his death came as a terrible shock, not
            only to the community, but to his own family, who
            had no warning.
              This morning Mr. CUTTER, in company with WILLIAM
            J. ALLEN, superintendent of the city waterworks and
            electric lighting plant, and T. J. SHARKEY, local
            agent of the Northern Pacific, started on their
            wheels for Elk River. The jolly party was within
            about two miles of their destination when Mr. CUT-
            TER suddenly reeled and fell from his wheel dead.
            Coroner TRUMBULL, of Sherburne county, was notified
            and took charge of the remains. There was no pre-
            monition of the sudden death, Mr. CUTTER seeming
            to experience no unusual depression or fatigue.
              His relatives in this city were notified and the
            body will be brought to this city in the morning.
              Mr. CUTTER has been prominent in Anoka for many
            years, and indeed, his fame is more than local.
              He was very active in the secret orders, belong-
            ing to the Masons, in which he had reached the
            thirty-second degree in the Scottish rite, the
            Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum, Eastern Star, and the
            Knights of Pythias, being a charter member of
            Anoka council of this last named order.
              He was a member of the fire department, of which
            he was formerly chief, and was statistician of the
            State Firemen's association. He was also secretary
            of the Masonic Aid association. He served several
            terms as county auditor, was judge of probate and
            had also served his city on the board of education.
              He was also secretary of the state senate for two
            sessions about a decade ago. Recently he has been
            fully occupied as cashier for the State Bank of
            Anoka.
              He leaves a wife and three sons. He was fifty-
            two years of age, but apparently still hale,
            hearty and vigorous.
            
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