Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Sotavento” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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A Study in Scarlet (1933)

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Reginald Owen stars as Sherlock Holmes in one of the early American talking motion picture adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. A Study in Scarlet (1933) (enlace de afiliado) sees Holmes trying to solve murders among a group of confederates. Arthur Wontner starred in several successful English adaptations of the series, which probably inspired Hollywood to follow suit. Desafortunadamente, Reginald Owen did not

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Profesor Yamashita Vén a América en 1902

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Sam Hill, un empresario de Seattle, trouxo o profesor Yoshiaki Yamashita a Estados Unidos en 1902. Profesor Yamashita intención de axudar a espallar o Dr. Relativamente nova arte marcial de Jigoro Kano de Judo. Seguimento Profesor Yamashita foi o seu alumno Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda pasaría a ensinar Carlos Gracie en Brasil. Os Gracies modificou as técnicas na arte de Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Over

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Novena oficial morto en 1920?

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Oito St. Oficiais Louis policías morreron no cumprimento do deber durante 1920. Quedei impresionado ao atopar un artigo de xornal sobre un oficial Novena ser morto. O St. Louis Departamento de Policía Metropolitana é bo sobre a gravación de toda a súa liña de mortes duty. Cando eu penso a certificado de defunción Missouri, aclarou o misterio. I came across the article in

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