|
Rudolph A. Burns was born in Chicago,
Ill., June 29,
1858. He remained in Chicago until his eighteenth year, and
acquired an education in the public schools of that city. Later
he took a course in the Bryant & Stratton Business
College, from
which institution he graduated.
His first employment was as a
commercial traveler for a billiard supply company, at which he
remained for several years, after which he returned to Chicago, where
he took charge of the braid and trimmings department for Field,
Leiter,
& Company. After a year with the dry goods firm he went into
the ivory-turning business with F. W. Voje, giving it up in 1880 to
travel for the Brunswick-Balke
Company, the manufacturers of billiard
and pool supplies. He remained with that firm for three years,
and then went into business for himself in Fon du Lac,
Wis., as the
proprietor of a billiard-room. After six months in Fon du Lac,
he removed the business to Janesville,
Wis., where he ran a
billiard-room for four years. Mr. Bruns came to Kansas City
April 1, 1887, and went immediately into business with his brother,
Oscar R. Bruns, the two having been together since, and have conducted
billiard-rooms at various places in the city. Mr. Bruns is
affiliated with the Masons and holds a membership in the North
American Union, and was a charter member of the local Billiard-Room
Keepers' Association.
He was married in Chicago to Miss Frankie
A. Christie in June, 1881.
|
