Judge Stevenson Burke Dies After Stroke in Ohio
Renowned Ohio jurist Judge Stevenson Burke died at four o'clock Sunday from a paralytic stroke. He had just returned from a southern trip with Mrs Burke and was reportedly in good health until the attack in Washington. Cleveland mourns a bold, celebrated attorney famed for major cases and the Hocking Valley Railroad consolidation.
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Lorain County
Washington
Cleveland
Stevenson Burke
Ohio
Career of Judge Burke Brudge Horke in Ohio Law and Railroads
Born in St Lawrence county New York November 26 1836 Brudge Horke rose as a gifted lawyer and judge. He moved to Ohio in 1864 and built a celebrated legal career in Cleveland handling major cases including railroad consolidations and mineral ventures. He wed an approach as railroad capitalist and public figure while maintaining a broad scholarly and oratorical presence.
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Brudge Horke
St. Lawrence County
New York
Berke
Ohio
North Ridgeville
Lorain County
Delaware
Elyria
Keanan
Common Pleas Court
Boaing
Beens
Common Pleas Bench
Judge Burke obituary and local court actions reported
Judge Burke remembered for art education and public affairs. His marriages include Parthenia Poppleton in 1849 and Ella M. Southworth in 1883. a son Burke Jr. survives. Mayor Folger fines Fred Burgdorf 100 dollars for neglect of minor children and orders six months in the workhouse. Funeral set for Judge Stevenson Burke at 2 PM from 2171 Backid Avenue. Additional items note divorce suit of Davison vs Davison and guardian Tillotson seeking land order in Farnsworth case.
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Judge Burke
Parthenia Poppleton
Richland County
Ohio
Ella M. Southworth
Ginton
S Burke
Stevenson Burke
Baclid Avenue
Cleveland
Coastwise Sailors Seek Warmth in Harsh Winter Hops
A New York dispatch describes coastwise sailors shuttling between New York and South and Central American ports. It notes cold starts at 15 to 20 degrees giving way to tropical heat within days, with engineers facing fewer changes, and wages higher for these voyages reflecting tough conditions.
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Lalcadio Hearn
New York
South
Central America
East River
South America
New York Harbor
Burgdorf Neglect Case Heard By Mayor Folger
Fred Burgdorf of North Ridge faced charges of neglecting his minor children aged four and seven. Witnesses described hunger, beatings, and confinement, with Burgdorf denying the claims as Mayors Folger heard the case and prepared a decision by Monday afternoon.
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Fred Burgdorf
North Ridge
Folger
Burgdorf
Elyria High Falls to New London 15 3 in Frat Game
Elyria High School baseball team lost to New London High, 15 to 3, in a Saturday game. The contest featured a rough inning stretch with the visitors pulling away early and maintaining control.
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Thea Elyria High School
New London High School
Pigeon Hunters Recall Vast Flocks and Tricks From History
An elderly hunter recounts four decades of passenger pigeon hunting across Pennsylvania New York Michigan and Tennessee. He describes a board pen catching method, massive migrations in 1839, and how food availability and storms shaped pigeon numbers and nesting success.
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Ahoz Paxon
Montreal Herald
Pennsylvania
New York State
Michigan
Lake Michigan
California
Tennessee
Perfume Riches Reported For the Czarina
The czarina is said to favor extensive use of perfumes. Her retinue carries costly scents, sprays scent-fountains, sachet powders and potpourri. Journeys by carriage or train feature perfumed saloons and violet essence used in children's baths.
Dooley the Great Dane Dies in Shocking Manner
The large and beloved Dane named Dooley died after a bag was dragged from Mudie Avenue to near Parm Implement Co's store on Broad Street. Dooley, a familiar figure around Hotel Andworth, was known for his intelligence and dignified bearing and had many friends in town and visitors to the city will read of his death with sorrow.
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Mudie
Parm Implement Co
Cleveland and Norwalk Limited
W. Lins
Dooley
Ohio
Minute Men Appointed to Man New City Engine
The board of public safety appoints minute men to staff the new chemical engine at city hall. Capt W N Bates leads as captain with Jacob Sovdar as lieutenant. M A Eason Antone Valeriing Charlea Bwith Frank Eason Robert Knowles William Steger Fred Dean and P G Kreble as crew. Eagle and Relief Hose companies are dissolved. Each minute man earns $1 per call and 40 cents per hour on duty. Probate Judge Hinman leaves for Hibbing Minnesota to arrange disinterment and cremation of big Bon Hal so remains may be brought home.
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M. A. Eason
Antone Valeriing
Charlea Bwith
Frank Eason
Robert Knowles
William Steger
Fred Dean
Snd
P. G. Kreble
W. N. Bates
Jacob Sovdar
Jotn Bailey
Thia
Eagle
Hinman
Hibbing
Minnesota
Big Bon
Hal
Zerograph Aims to Link Wireless Messages to Typewriters
Inventor unveils the zerograph a device resembling a typewriter that can both receive and transmit messages. It prints or telegraphs letters and figures with two impulses per letter enabling direct printouts and secrecy. Demonstrations include Paris Brussels Berlin to Frankfurt wireless exchanges.
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Paris
Society of Civil Engineers
Brussels
Berlin
Frankfort
Drunken LaPorte Husband Brutally Attacks Wife
William Webster, a intoxicated man from LaPorte, allegedly beat his wife with a paint bucket after returning home. Neighbors restrained him from worse harm as the assault left the woman senseless. Webster fled and his current whereabouts are unknown. Neighbors vocally opposed the act, and Webster has prior cruelty arrests.
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William Webster
LaPorte
Thev
Webster
O. F. Meeting Notice Promises Important Tuesday Session
An O. F. group calls an important meeting Tuesday night. The agenda includes degree work and other essential business, with members urged to attend.
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That. OG O. F
The Puzzling English Breaks with Prepositions
A dialogue illustrates English verb and preposition pitfalls centered on break. A French speaker misuses phrases like break down break up and broken into, seeking correct forms such as broken down broken off and broken into, ending with a light note on learning the language.
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Columbia School of Mines
New York Times
M de Beauvoir
Concerning Our Holidays across States and Federal Status
The article explains that no national holiday exists in the United States. Holidays vary by state with examples such as Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln birthdays. The President’s Thanksgiving proclamation covers only the District of Columbia and territories.
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Tenn
Jefferson Davis
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Abraham Lincoln
Connecticut
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New York
North Dakota
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New Orleans
Texas
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Resolutions on the Death of Rudolph Prandt
The union notes the loss of Rudolph Prandt from B and M I A No. 64 and extends sympathy to his family. A copy of the resolutions will be entered in the minutes, sent to the family, and the union edifice will be draped in mourning for thirty days, Committee Frank Dengate Bert Sheldon George Crane.
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Artivan
Rudolph Prandt
Evieavors
Frank Dengate
Bert Sheldon
George Crane
B. and M. I. U. Meeting Notice
All members of the B. and M. I. U. are requested to meet at their lodge room in the Carpenters hall on Cheap side Thursday evening April 28.
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Carpenters Hall
Cheapside
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