William Muldoon Promotes Health System

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In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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On September 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. לואיס’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. סנט. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. לואיס’ South

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Create Something Great After 4 שנים

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מיתוס נפוץ באמנויות לחימה הוא שמחקרי אב ל 40 שנים, מפתחת הבנה אנושית כמעט, של הגנה עצמית, יוצר את המערכת המושלמת ומתברר דורות של לוחמים מנצחים. לפני הפופולריות של אומנויות לחימה מעורבות, many of the magazines such as Black Belt were full of stories about which martial art was the best. If you polled

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רצח בבני בסקרוויל (1937)

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ארתור Wontner הוא לטעון את portrayer הסרט הטוב ביותר של שרלוק הולמס. His fifth and final outing as Holmes in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). The film (affiliate link) שוחרר בבריטניה ב 1937 אבל לא שוחרר באמריקה עד לחודש ינואר 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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יוליוס “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. צ'ארלס, 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 “מחסה” 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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חקירה בשני (1933)

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Reginald Owen stars as Sherlock Holmes in one of the early American talking motion picture adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. חקירה בשני (1933) (affiliate link) 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. למרבה הצער, רג'ינלד אוון לא

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Cab Driver Admits Killing

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בדצמבר 15, 1903, three men entered the Erie House at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue. The men beat up cook Victor Dauson before shooting hotel clerk Charles Harding. Dauson died from his injuries but Charles Harding recovered. The men took $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 a.m. and surprised Harding,

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פרופ ימשיטה מגיעה לאמריקה בשנת 1902

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סם היל, איש עסקים סיאטל, הביא פרופ 'יושיאקי ימשיטה לארצות הברית בשנת 1902. פרופ ימשיטה נועדה לעזור להפיץ ד"ר. אומנות הלחימה החדשה יחסית של ג'יגורו קאנו ג'ודו. ליווי פרופ ימשיטה הייתה תלמידו Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda ילך על מנת ללמד את קרלוס גרייסי בברזיל. The Gracies modified the techniques into the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Over

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

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During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.

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Ninth Officer Killed in 1920?

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Eight St. Louis Police Officers were killed in the line of duty during 1920. I was shocked to find a newspaper article about a Ninth officer being killed. סנט. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is good about recording all their line of duty deaths. When I found his Missouri Death Certificate, it cleared up the mystery. I came across the article in

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