The 14 Mosblechs

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Recently, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 выданне St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 of the 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard

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Origin Stories: Fact or Fiction?

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When I first started training in martial arts in 1995, the stories tied to the founding of most martial arts were pretty fantastic with superhuman feats of physical prowess and fighting ability attributed to their founders. Whether Kung Fu, Karate or Judo, the founder took the skills learned in previous martial arts, modified it and defeated everyone. These claims are

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Бульдог Драммонд наносіць зваротны ўдар (1934)

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Бульдог Драммонд наносіць зваротны ўдар (1934) з'яўляецца адным з пачатку ХХ стагоддзя Productions ў серыі Бульдог Драммонд. Гэты фільм будзе па-ранейшаму лічыцца мастацкі фільм з Рональд Колман у галоўнай ролі. Пазней Бульдог Драммонд фільмы ў галоўнай ролі Джон Говард былі “B” фільмы. Bulldog Drummond has just attended the marriage of his best friend Algie, portrayed by Charles Butterworth.

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1802 N. Jefferson Gone

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1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Louis Place neighborhood. I originally wrote about the building in 2013 but it was demolished sometime before March 2015. The building is part of an area being developed for a government complex in St. Луіс, so it was not able to be saved. These pictures are

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Great Advice – If You Are 20

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As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come back to more traditional bodybuilding training as a supplement to my martial arts training. Traditional bodybuilding is less ballistic and leaves me less vulnerable to injury. When I was younger, I never worried about injury nor did I get injured often. Once I passed 35 years old though, I started getting injured much more

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Two Ruffians Beat Officer

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У чацвер, <Прамежак bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "2194" bbox_w = "63" bbox_h = "19" FSIZE = "13" fweight = "3" чырвоны = "255" зялёны = "255" сіні = "255" альфа = " 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. After trying to illicit payment, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assigned to the

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Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)

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Жнівень 5, 1938, Paramount Pictures released another film in the Bulldog Drummond series (affiliate link) starring John Howard as Drummond. Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938) is one of the best films in the series primarily due to a strong cast. Besides John Howard, Heather Angel returns as Drummond’s fiancePhyllis Clavering. She is joined by series regular H. B.

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Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)

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Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey were a Broadway comedy team before transitioning to films in 1929. Before Robert Woolsey’s untimely death in 1938, Wheeler and Woolsey made 24 films in 8 гадоў. Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) was the fourth film (affiliate link) starring Wheeler and Woolsey. Set in Paris during World War I, Half Shot at Sunrise tells the

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Уільям Малдун і яго здароўе Farm

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Уільям Малдун, Былы Нью-Ёрка дэтэктыў, выйграў World грэка-рымскай барацьбе Чэмпіянат, перамогшы Тібо Bauer. Малдун валадарыў дзесяць гадоў да выхаду на пенсію як чэмпіён. Пасля сыходу на пенсію, he began to make a living as a personal trainer. Muldoon trained many wrestlers but really came to prominence after getting a woefully out of shape John L. Sullivan fit for

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My Martial Arts Journey Begins

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Martial artists always created their arts to solve a problem. Judo was created when Dr. Jigoro Kano put his mind to solving the problem of how to train at 100 percent effort without getting someone injured by the crippling techniques of Japanese Ju-Jitsu. Helio Gracie created the basis for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by trying to solve the problem of how a

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