Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1910 — “TOM” BURT DEAD. [ARTICLE]

“TOM” BURT DEAD.

Thomas W. Burt, former chairman of the Tenth district republican congressional committee and head of the Burt-Haywood stationery and printing firm, died at his home in Lafayette Saturday afternoon from Bright’s disease. At the time of his death he was postmaster at Lafayette. Mr. Burt was the agent who sold the furniture bought for the new court house in this county and his firm has had the contracts for blank books and stationery here for several years. He recently sold his interest in the printing and publishing business to his partner, Mr. Haywood.