From Highwayman to Gospel Crusade Leader in Hutchinson
Hutchinson, Kansas. Robert H. Burton once known as A. A. Griffin and the alias he used in his bandit days recounts a 35 year crime career across western states. He robbed post offices stages and individuals, served 15 imprisonments and two federal terms, and after six years in prison he now promotes a gospel team to warn youths against cards booze and bad company.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Crook
Robert H. Burton
Hutchinson
Burton
Bob Burton
A. A. Griffin
Troy
Ala
Montgomery
Outlaw Bob Burton Turns to Gospel Work After Pardons
The article traces Bob Burton a youth criminal who roamed Texas through the west and Mexico with a gang led by him later. He was captured and sentenced to Leavenworth, faced death for murder, then had his sentence commuted and pardoned. After 1910 he settled in Hutchinson and later confessed to his fugitive past at a gospel meeting before turning to ministry.
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Cuero
Tex
Texas
Pacific Coast
Utah
California
Arizona
Old Mexico
Indian Territory
Bob Burton
Leavenworth
Marion
Kan
Fred Huffman
Burton
Johns. Dean
W. Hoch
Roscoe Stubbs
Hutchinson
Convention Hall
French Make Trenches a Home With Comforts and Camaraderie
Read of French officers in Flanders who dig cozy casemates and live like a village under fire. They store hare, rabbit, pheasant in trench larders, run kitchens and even cow sheds, while exchange for tobacco with the enemy. They joke through alerts as tins of bully beef ring as improvised bells.
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Paris
Flanders
Piou-Piou
Trymen
Tommy
Court aids aged convict in cash register theft bid
In Pittsburgh Judge Thomas D. Carnahan heard Louis Bertole, a 66 year old lifelong convict and parolee from Western Penitentiary, charged with attempting to rob a cash register. Bertole testified he faced age discrimination and repeated rejection for work.
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Pittsburgh
Louis Bertole
Western Penitentiary
Thomas D. Carnahan
Egart
Notable Trenches Entertainers Boost Morale
The letter describes soldiers transforming a trench into a luxury saloon with concerts and entertainment. An acrobat clown cyclist with a trained dog performs under fire. Ernaldy, a Nantes chef d orchestra, rose from private to sub-lieutenant and commands a company, leading trench concerts of The Marseillaise and Soldiers’ Chorus under German fire.
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Beth
Ernaldy
Chef
Nantes
Perfect two new weapons Berlin unveils two decisive German arms
Berlin reports two new weapons, a howitzer with a noted 27 mile range and a dirigible floating mine controllable by electricity up to 20 miles from shore. Text stresses secrecy and suggests imminent use in the war effort.
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Berlin
Lehigh Valley Adopts All Metal Lightweight Rail Pilot
The Lehigh Valley railroad switches to a short light all metal pilot for its locomotives. The new design, made largely from scrap boiler flues, costs 5.47 dollars and weighs 262 pounds, versus 27.58 dollars and 536 pounds for the old long pilot. The guard drops from the beam at a steeper angle and the appearance mirrors gasoline railway motors.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Moon Mistaken for Headlight on Erie Run
An elderly engineer recalls 1889 on the Erie when a full moon over hills created a beacon that seemed like a locomotive headlight. Fireman Jack Maulley joked and the crew stopped the train to learn the truth, blaming the moon instead of the engine. The tale ends with a lesson that appearances deceive even at speed.
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Erie
Jack Maulley
Hoboken
New Jersey
Swanton Firm Wins Large Rifle Cartridge Contract
A Swanton company has been awarded a two and a half million dollar contract to supply rifle cartridges for a country at war. The firm will purchase new machinery and operate its plant around the clock with three shifts for at least a year.
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Swanton, VI
Germans Fear Cholera Halted Paris Capture
German prisoners captured near Roye claimed Paris was not taken due to a cholera outbreak devastating the city. Reported statistics show Paris at its healthiest in weeks, with deaths running six percent below the average.
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Paris
Roye
Soldier Finds Sires Grave Munich Mystery
The Neueste Nachrichten reports a French soldier who, missing 44 years, learns his father lies buried at Lechfeld in a German POW camp graveyard. A French prisoner recognizes the grave, honors it, and the son is permitted to report home before returning to his side. He is promoted for the exploit.
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Munich
Neueste Nachrichten
Lechfeld
France
Trick saves Indian life in trench scouting incident
A bulletin from the front details two Indian troops advancing on a German trench during a scouting mission. A searchlight revealed one man, who rose, salamed, and approached the German trench drawing fire away from his comrade. The Indian signaled intent to attack but sustained the moment, enabling escape or survival for the unit.
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London
Spies use lunatic asylum as German depot in Lorraine
German spies used a Lorraine lunatic asylum as a spy depot as French forces approached. Doctors and staff fled, spies filled the posts, and fighting raged nearby. Red Cross flags were used to direct German artillery fire with deadly effect. Fifteen were executed in the asylum courtyard.
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Paris
Lorraine
Incoherent wartime report of fleeing party and wounded
Fragmentary dispatch describes a party fleeing toward the south as artillery fired. A later letter from Mime Calve mentions sisters in Toulon hospitals and tending wounded, with unclear continuation of events and aftermath.
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Toulon
Electric Vehicles Growth in 1913 14 Gains Noted
The Electric Vehicle Association expands rapidly from 437 members in October to about 850. Local sections now cover New England Chicago Philadelphia Washington Cincinnati San Francisco Los Angeles Pittsburgh New York Detroit Cleveland Toronto with Buffalo St Louis and others anticipated. Activity aims to promote sale and use of electric passenger and commercial vehicles into 1914 15.
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Electric Vehicle Association
New England
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Toronto
Buffalo
St. Louis
Heaviest Freight Train Breaks World Weight Record
The Erie centipede locomotive weighing 410 tons and with 24 driving wheels hauled a fully loaded coal train. Officials added 250 cars for a total load of 21 000 tons. The train covered 40 miles at 15 miles per hour, surpassing all previous locomotive pulled tonnages by about 10 000 tons.
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Erie
Conditioning a Car Top Dressing with Asphalt and Oil
A recipe for conditioning a car top notes applying a mix of liquid asphaltum, three parts castor oil, and ivory black for color. Use sparingly on leather to protect the top and can be used on rubber tops as well.
Claims Agents and Railroads Face Mixed Verdicts
A claim agent must judge honesty and detect fraud using modern detective methods to protect a railroad treasury. Some verdicts against railroads show liability for dust causing hay fever, a woman disfigured while jumping from a moving train to join her lover, and a drunken worker starting a barn fire.
Fireless locomotive supplied to British Admiralty depot
The Admiralty acquires a sparkless fireless locomotive for explosive depots. It resembles a small railway engine without a stack, uses a water filled reservoir charged with high pressure steam from outside the danger zone, and runs for hours on one charge with minimal steam loss. Trials exceeded expectations for insulation, loads, and endurance.
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British Admiralty
Admiralty
Automatic railroad switch gains quick acceptance
A southern inventor’s automatic railroad switch, now in service with a Pennsylvania contractor, opens to the main line as the train leaves a siding and closes and locks after the last car clears. It can be applied to streetcars and is praised for preventing switch collisions and preserving main-line continuity.
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Pennsylvania
Powerful New Locomotive Demonstrates Strong Haul
A western railroad unveiled a new locomotive that pulled fully loaded 50 ton gondola cars at 14 miles an hour over a line of 1.6 miles. The train required other locomotives to start to prevent drawing the drawheads.
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Western Road
Cooke Dinner En Route
A Toledo resident with a summer Lakeview home 50 miles away uses a fireless cooker on travel. The device allows a chicken or roast to be ready upon arrival at the destination.
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Toledo
Lakeside
Motor Car Trade Improves Amid Grain Delta Boost
Business is improving nationwide with retail car sales rising as grain delta demand adds momentum to midwest markets. Improved freight and agricultural activity support dealers, banks report steadier inventories, and consumer confidence grows in the current cycle.
Dougherty Reflects on Reversing Order of Things
North Carolina congressman Robert L. Dougherty likens a discussion on changing norms to Bowers tale. Bowers recounts starting as a grocery clerk earning nine dollars weekly then gambled, only to confess he first earned money by winning it at the store.
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Robert L. Dougherty
North Carolina
Bowers
Coming Into Line Laughing About Economy in Wartime
Three men discuss savings during hard times with humor. One reveals his family cut the two B s and the two T s to mean beer and tobacco plus tea and toast. The back‑from‑Scotland man joins in by promising to join in, while the first two joke that he’ll economize on the two S s scissors and soap.
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Scotland
Pa's Off Day Cartographer Joke
A light humor item features a father and son exchange about a cartographer. The punchline hints the cartographer names Pullman cars, reflecting playful wordplay on professions in a family moment.
Beavers wear summer fur, a peculiar practice
A brief note records that beavers wear fur during the summer by a lady observer. The item highlights an unusual behavior in the animal world with no further context.
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Lady Beavers
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