Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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CHARLES A. LARLt A FTER graduation I started as bookkeeper with Chase Barstow, Stock Brokers, in Boston, where I continued about 18 months. In 1884 I secured a position as draftsman and timekeeper with Norcross Brothers, Builders, with whom I remained nearly 17 years. After six months in Worcester I put in a year at the quarries in Milford, Mass. From October, 1885, to July, 1887, I was located in Chicago, engaged in building the Marshall Field Wholesale Store Building, and from then until November, 1889, was in Kansas City on the New York Life Building. Returning to Worcester, I was engaged in securing and overseeing the carrying out of contracts until compelled to resign this position in January, 1901. I came to Middlebury, Vt., expecting that a year, free from care in this restful country, would restore my shattered nerves. This proving insufficient, I took up the reading of law in the hope of turning to good account this enforced idleness, and was admitted to the Bar in Montpelier, October, 1905, since when I have had a sign out. In 1904 had the good fortune to consult a Doctor of Oste¬ opathy, whose treatment restored me to health. Was married in 1885.

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CHARLES H. FOSTER F OSTER, after graduation, went to Providence, R. I., where he worked for the Star Tool Co. until January, 1883, when he accepted a position with the Cleveland Machine Co., of Worcester. Later, he went to Lynn to work for the Thompson- Houston Co. In the summer of 1885 they selected him to represent them in Peru, South America. The position was a very flattering one, and he set out with high hope. While on the Isthmus of Panama he caught the yellow fever and died before reaching Peru. He was buried at sea some time in August, several days before reaching Callao. While on the boat he made several acquaintances, and from them we learned several particulars concerning him. It seems that his case was not considered serious and he was making good progress to recovery, when by the carelessness of a porter he was given the wrong treatment, which terminated the case fatally.