Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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O xoves, Xaneiro 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, un dos St. Louis’ homes máis ricos, de propiedade de inmobles residenciais e outros activos valorados en 2 millón de dólares. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. El

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Lum and Abner Come to Film

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A partir de 1931 para 1954, Lum and Abner occupied a spot among the most popular shows during the Old Time Radio era. Chester Lauck and Norris Goff attended the University of Arkansas together. Lauck and Goff later developed their show Lum and Abner based on life in Arkansas. The show struck a cord with many listeners. My wife’s grandmother once told

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Ned O’Baldwin Shot

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In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Porén, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. A loita profesional no século XIX gozaba dunha mala reputación fóra de

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Are Vampire Bats Killing People?

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The Vampire Bat (1933) é unha película de flexión de xénero (enlace de afiliado) protagonizada por Lionel Atwill. Ostensivamente, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, un curtametraxe feito para ser o aperitivo para o principal película sobre un proxecto de lei dobre. Majestic Pictures produciu o filme, que foi dirixida por

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Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

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After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Porén, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt escolleu ao seu secretario de guerra e antigo gobernador das Filipinas

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Metropolis (1927)

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En xaneiro de 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (enlace de afiliado). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), users rate it 8.3 fóra de 10 estrelas. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning

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Xefe Butler eo St. Louis Máquina

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Cando se trata de política de maquinaria e crime organizado, Kansas City sempre ofuscado St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City tamén foi o fogar de varios tiroteos entre bandas de alto perfil. St. Louis’ último líder do crime organizado foi detido por xogar cartas. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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