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

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Create Something Great After 4 Years

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A common myth in martial arts is that a master studies for 40 יאָרן, develops an almost superhuman understanding of self-defense, creates the perfect system and turns out generations of unbeatable fighters. Prior to the popularity of mixed martial arts, 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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מאָרד אין די באַסקערוויללעס (1937)

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אַרטהור וואָנטנער איז אַרגיואַבלי די בעסטער פילם פּאָרטרייַער פון שערלאַק האָלמעס. זיין פינפט און לעצט עקסקורסיע ווי האָלמעס אין מאָרד בייַ די באַסקערוויללעס (1937). דעם פילם (affiliate link) was released in the United Kingdom in 1937 אָבער איז נישט באפרייט אין אַמעריקע ביז יאנואר 15, 1941. וואָנטנער איז ויסגעצייכנט ווי געוויינטלעך אָבער מאָרד בייַ די באַסקערוויללעס איז די וויקאַסט קרבן

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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יוליוס “פעטער דזשולעס” Johannpeter was born in St. טשאַרלעס, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “פעטער דזשולעס” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “לי” דזשאָהאַננפּעטער, 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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א לערנען אין סקאַרלעט (1933)

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Reginald Owen stars as Sherlock Holmes in one of the early American talking motion picture adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. א לערנען אין סקאַרלעט (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. צומ באַדויערן, Reginald Owen did not

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Cab Driver Admits Killing

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אויף דעצעמבער 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 אַ.ם. and surprised Harding,

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פּראָפעסאָר יאַמאַשיטאַ קומט צו אַמעריקע אין 1902

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סאַם הילל, אַ Seattle קאָמערסאַנט, געבראכט פּראַפעסער יאָושיאַקי יאַמאַשיטאַ צו די פאַרייניקטע שטאַטן אין 1902. פּראָפעסאָר יאַמאַשיטאַ בדעה צו העלפן פאַרשפּרייטן דר. דזשיגאָראָ קאַנאָ ס לעפיערעך נייַ מאַרשאַל קונסט פון דזשודאָ. אַקאַמפּאַניינג פּראַפעסער יאַמאַשיטאַ איז זיין תּלמיד מיצויאָ מאַעדאַ. מאַעדאַ וואָלט גיין אויף צו לערנען קאַרלאָס גראַסיע אין Brazil. The Gracies modified the techniques into the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. איבער

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

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During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, סט. 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. אויף סעפטעמבער 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. די סט. 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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