New York Subways Gatekeeper Veterans Begging Scheme Unmasked
In New York subways a veteran beggar pretends injury to gather pity and coins. Benjamin Cohen alias Arthur Gilmore, among others, used a joke book to lure passengers. He earned daily sums up to 25 dollars at Grand Central, was arrested for disorderly conduct, and given 30 days on Welfare Island. His past includes numerous arrests and a controversial war record.
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New York
Benjamin Cohen
Welfare Island
Mendicant
Cohen
Grand Central
William B. Kirk
Mendicant Squad
Gotlieb
Arthur Gilmore
John Brown
Frank Fisher
George Brown
Washington
Fort Slocum
Forty-ninth Infantry
Twenty-third Infantry
Walter Reed General Hospital
Zachary Taylor
Sixteenth Infantry
Amnesia Rising Across Great Britain
Police note an upsurge in disappearances across England as memory loss grows. Victims wander long distances, forget past interests, and urban doctors cite two main groups: war brain injuries and failures amid complex modern life, with women singled out as particularly affected.
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London
England
Jilted sues for return of house cows and land
Martin Planiski of Greeley Colorado sues Emma Glumac seeking return of a house lots cows and other property deeded in a failed romance. He alleges the transfer was a conditional step to win marriage and asks the court to restore the property to him.
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Greeley
Colo
Martin Planiski
Planiski
Emma Glumac
Chinese Becomes Monk in Franciscan Order
Cincinnati announces Joseph Cheng a Chinese man has joined the Franciscan order and will be called Friar Sylvester. He is the first Chinese member of the Catholic order in the United States. After studies at St. Anthony's, he will return to Wuchang China, where a monastery is served by American monks from Cincinnati. Sylvester Espilage of Cincinnati is superior at Wuchang.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Sylvester
Joseph Cheng
United States
St. Anthony’s Monastery
Wuchang
Aupeh
China
Venice and the spice trade in world history
Prepared by the National Geographic Society notes how drug and spice routes shaped global commerce from Herat asafoetida to Venice. It traces medieval trade, Crusader exchanges, and the rise of voyages by Columbus and Da Gama, highlighting Aleppo and Batavia as key centers and the long fight for control of cloves, pepper, camphor, and other goods.
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Herat
Afghanistan
Venice
Europe
India
China
Persia
Palestine
Columbus
Indies
Vasco da Gama
Calicut
Cape of Good Hope
Lisbon
Priuli
Portugal
Aleppo
Syria
Batavia
Ceylon
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Blue Ribbon Babies of
Virginia
Winchester
Frederick County
Winchester Fair
Buster
N. Y. Subway
Great Britain
Calles
Leonor Llorente
Mexico City
Senor Calles
Franciscan
S. J. Levy
The
Ame
Army Air Service
Zanzibar
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Drake
Hawkins
Greenville
Dvgenham
Spain
Muscovy Company
Edwards
Shamaky
Caspian Sea
Bachu
Japan
Formosa
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