Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, Elokuu 12, 1900, St. Louis Police arrested four former Transit Line streetcar workers for blowing up the Olive Street line on Maryland Avenue between N. Taylor and N. Euclid Avenues on the previous night at 11:00 p.m. Police arrested Maurice Brennan, Fred E. Northway, James Schwartz and James Finnesey. Police found 30 pounds of dynamite and 30 feet

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The Woman in Green (1945)

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The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes (affiliate link) produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone returns as Holmes in the eleventh of fourteen turns as the English sleuth. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” elokuva. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women.

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Self-Defense Instruction

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The problem with too much martial arts’ self-defense instruction is that they are low percentage defenses against unrealistic attacks taught by some instructors, who have limited knowledge of street attacks. Jotkut järjestelmät luotiin kadulle tai sotilaallisen koulutuksen ja ovat parempia kuin toiset. Kuitenkin, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different

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Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West osti oikeudet ja ohjannut Bat (1926) (affiliate link), yksi ensimmäisistä “Vanha tumma talo” mysteerejä United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson oli kuvaaja sekä tämän elokuvan ja Vanha tumma House (1932), , joilla on samanlaiset Expressionist elementtejä. Molemmat elokuvat ovat asettaa suuria kartanoita, which have seen better days. The key

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Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

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When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Jules”, Julius Johannpeter. Grandpa lived with Uncle Jules from the time he left Missouri Military Academy in 1932 until he married my grandmother, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech in 1938. Ukki

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Morrissey vs. Sullivan: Fight, Then Feud

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Lokakuun 12, 1853, 23 year-old John Morrissey would meet 40 year-old “Yankee” Sullivan for the American and possibly World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Sullivan had been considered the champion since Tom Hyer, who had beaten Sullivan previously, retired instead of fighting Sullivan in a rematch. Sullivan claimed the title and was backed by Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.

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