An unknown man, apparently in the middle stage of life, is dead at the Blackduck hospital, where he suffered with typhoid fever, the result of exposure and privation sustained while walking from Minneapolis to Blackduck, a distance of 248 miles.
The man arrived at Blackduck several days ago and was taken ill shortly after his arrival. He was cared for by the authorities and placed in the hospital, where death occurred Saturday afternoon. The man was without money and had apparently come to Blackduck to obtain work in the woods. (Bemidji Daily Pioneer, Oct 2, 1905)