Ambitious boy who rose from cigarmaker to North Dakota governor
In Millville, Ohio area the tale of John Burke unfolds from humble beginnings to North Dakota governor. Born in Millville, he apprenticed as a cigarmaker under(seph) Fisher, saved money for schooling, earned a commercial education in Hamilton, worked as a bookkeeper, and supported his widowed mother while pursuing a political ascent that culminated in his election as governor after moving on from Cleveland.
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Hamilton
Millville
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
John Burke
North Dakota
Butler County
Burke
Fisher
H. P. Deuscher Company
Iite
Cleveland
Boathouse Tragedy Probed In Atlantic City
The body of Ella Ethel Clark was found in a boathouse in Atlantic City New Jersey on November 2. Relatives insist the girl was drugged, while officials call it an accidental death. Arthur Penny and Walter Reynolds, implicated youths, face arraignment with claims they met Ella and Emma Tomlin at the boathouse but Tomlin did not appear. Witnesses accuse local boathouses of hosting midnight revels, highlighting a pattern of wealth and open access to keys and boathouses along Gardner's Basin.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ella Ethel Clark
Arthur Penny
Walter Reynolds
Tkely
Ella
Emma Tomlin
Tomlin
Gairdner’s Basin
Mrs. Reynolds
From Western exile to North Dakota governor
The narrative follows a man who left Cleveland to Arkansas and then North Dakota with his mother, starting a ranch life. He later married, built a successful career, and pursued study. The piece notes North Dakota politics with Taft carrying the state for Republicans while a Democratic candidate became governor.
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John Burke
North Dakota
William Howard Taft
Millville
Mount Jackson Sanitarium expands with new wing and baths
The Mount Jackson Sanitarium opened a new business and professional men’s wing after a reception for physicians and businessmen. The bathhouse now features sanitary upgrades, three departments, hotel-style living rooms, and modern bathrooms. Sulphur and lithia waters come from deep wells, with wells at 1.6 and 280 feet. The stock company lists $15,000 capital. officers include John A. Casey president and C A Schmidt manager. The facility can handle 300 baths daily.
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Mount Jackson Sanitarium
Mount Jackson Bathhouse
Mount Jackson
Martinsville
French Lick
Lithia
John A. Casey
Ww. E. Kurtz
Charles Mack
C. A. Schmidt
Schmidt
Prodigy and the deaf old bachelor WHarkaway
A Wit and a wry remark frame a brief scene as Willoughby praises a man who has never spoken ill of his wife. Dorrington questions the claim and Names WHarkaway, described as a deaf and dumb old bachelor, prompting quiet humor.
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Willoughby
Dorrington
Wharkaway
Lippincott’s
Salvation Army member seeks protection over threats
William C Hicks of Newark New Jersey asks Newark police for protection after claiming a young woman connected to Salvation Army work wrote him threats to his life due to his marriage. He provided a letter and the postmark to Chief Corbett, identifying the woman who once boarded with him and his wife but he has not seen her in four years.
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New York
William C. Hicks
The
Salvation Army
Newark, N. J
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