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. St ໄດ້. 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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The Black Raven (1943)

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Black Raven (1943) ເປັນ “B” ຮູບ​ເງົາ (affiliate link) from Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). George Zucco plays Amos Bradford aka the Raven, the owner of the Black Raven Inn. Bradford ends up hosting several unexpected guests, who are escaping a raging thunderstorm. The storm washed out all the bridges and stranded the visitors, which include a couple trying to elope,

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Happy Birthday, Kenneth!

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My oldest son Kenneth will turn 18 this week. It is hard for me to believe he is a grown man already. It seems like five years ago he was a little guy running around and climbing on everything. When he was less than a year old, he could hang out of his exersaucer and pick up his toys off

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ການ​ປັບ​ປຸງ​ຢ່າງ​ຕໍ່​ເນື່ອງ​ເປັນ​ສາຍ​ແອວ​ສີ​ດໍາ

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ເມື່ອ​ທ່ານ​ສາ​ມາດ​ບັນ​ລຸ​ອັນ​ດັບ​ຂອງ​ສາຍ​ແອວ​ສີ​ດໍາ​ໄດ້, ທ່ານ​ຈະ​ເຫັນ​ວ່າ​ມັນ​ມີ​ຄວາມ​ຫຍຸ້ງ​ຍາກ​ຖ້າ​ຫາກ​ວ່າ​ບໍ່​ໄດ້​ເປັນ​ໄປ​ບໍ່​ໄດ້​ທີ່​ຈະ​ມີ workout ໃນ​ຫ້ອງ​ຮຽນ. ເວັ້ນ​ເສຍ​ແຕ່​ທ່ານ​ມີ lots ຂອງ​ສາຍ​ແອວ​ສີ​ດໍາ, ຜູ້​ທີ່​ສາ​ມາດ​ໃຊ້​ເວ​ລາ​ເຮັດ rotating, ທ່ານ​ຈະ​ໃຊ້​ເວ​ລາ​ຫຼາຍ​ທີ່​ສຸດ​ຂອງ​ທີ່​ໃຊ້​ເວ​ລາ​ຂອງ​ທ່ານ​ສອນ. The window of training in class also closes the longer that you are a black belt. ທ່ານດໍາເນີນການຕໍ່,en

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

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My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. One of the mechanisms governments used to collect fees for road

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Happy Birthday, Caleb!

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This week my youngest son Caleb turns 16. I can’t believe it has been 16 years since I saw and held him for the first time. Caleb was the baby and waited until he had a good meal at Red Lobster before making his appearance in the world. When he was ready though, he didn’t wait around. He was born 40 ນາ​ທີ

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Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)

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On July 5, 1937, Associated British Picture Corporation released Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937), one of the last Bulldog Drummond feature films (affiliate link). ໃນ​ຮູບ​ເງົາ​ນີ້, John Davis Lodge plays Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond. Drummond is vacationing, when a Scottish scientist escapes from a couple of secret agents. The scientist throws a rock through the window of Drummond’s cabin.

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Happy Birthday Grandpa

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Today would have been my maternal grandfather Gilbert P. Ellis’ 100th birthday. Grandpa Ellis only lived to 85 but he imparted 100 years worth of wisdom into the 32 years I knew him. I could write books about him but am going to focus today’s post on how he inspired me by refusing to grow old. Grandpa Ellis maintained his physical

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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ໃນ​ວັນ​ເສົາ, ມີ​ນາ 12, 1904, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran and the detectives

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Wrestling ແຊ້ມ tries ມວຍ

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ໃນ​ວັນ​ອັງ​ຄານ, ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 19, 1909, ທ່ານ​ດ​ຣ. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. ທ່ານ​ດ​ຣ. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

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