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

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Create Something Great After 4 Taon

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Ang isang karaniwang mitolohiya sa militar sining ay ang master pag-aaral para sa 40 taon, bubuo ng halos mahigit sa tao-unawa ng pagtatanggol sa sarili, lumilikha ng perpektong sistema at lumiliko out henerasyon ng mga walang kapantay na fighters. Bago sa kasikatan ng halo-halong militar sining, 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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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 “Taguan mula sa hangin” 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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Isang Pag-aaral sa iskarlata (1933)

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Reginald Owen stars as Sherlock Holmes in one of the early American talking motion picture adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. Isang Pag-aaral sa iskarlata (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. Sa kasamaang-palad, Reginald Owen did not

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Propesor Yamashita May sa Amerika sa 1902

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Sam Hill, isang Seattle negosyante, nagdala Propesor Yoshiaki Yamashita sa Estados Unidos sa 1902. Nilalayon Propesor Yamashita upang matulungan kumalat Dr. Medyo bagong militar sining ng Judo Jigoro Kano ni. Kasamang Propesor Yamashita ang kanyang mag-aaral Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda ay pumunta sa upang magturo Carlos Gracie sa Brazil. Binago ang Gracies ang mga diskarte sa sining ng 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, St. 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. Sa Septyembre 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.

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Namatay ikasiyam Officer 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. Ang St. 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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