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At one point before I bought my own house, I thought home repairs were one of my skills. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Grandpa Ellis taught me how to replace electrical outlets, washers on sinks and build lots of things with wood. I put together lots of prefabricated
La nit de Nadal 1902, 2 petita ciutat, D'estar per casa, els atracadors van bufar obrir la caixa forta de la Unió, Banc Missouri. Després d'amenaçar uns ciutadans, que es van fer amb més de $15,000. Els homes estaven relativament segurs durant uns mesos fins que es va trucar a l'agència de detectius de Pinkerton. Els Pinkerton tenien una agència nacional, que era el més semblant al United
Al març de 16, 1945, Universal Pictures released The House of Fear (1945), the eighth of twelve Sherlock Holmes films produced by the studio. Basil Rathbone returned as Holmes for the tenth time. Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes twice for Twentieth Century – Fox before Universal started producing the series. Despite its late entry into the series, la pel · lícula (affiliate link) stands
Fa poc vaig llegir Xoc: La història no explicada de Jiu-Jitsu al Brasil, Volum 1 per Robert Quarry (Enllaç d'afiliat d'Amazon), que explica una història alternativa dels inicis de BJJ a la que ens han explicat en diverses entrevistes amb membres de la família Gracie. “xoc” es tradueix en “xocant” en portuguès brasiler. Mentre que Pedreira investiga i cita exhaustivament les fonts primàries, majoritàriament diaris brasilers,
Fred Beell va lluitar professionalment de 1900 to 1919. Després de desenvolupar una reputació llegendària causa d'algunes de les seves victòries sobre Martin “Farmer” Burns, Donen McLeod i Frank Gotch, Beell va retirar al acostar- 43 anys d'edat. La seva carrera posterior lluita lliure conduiria a la seva mort inesperada a 57. Fred Beell va superar llargues probabilitats per convertir-se en un lluitador professional competent
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Sotavento” Ellis from my mother. She spent lots of time with her grandmother who lived in St. Louis. Grandpa Ellis moved to Illinois a couple of times during the 1940s and 1950s. Mom would come back to St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, el lluitador campió del món i de peses en 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch conservar el títol durant cinc anys i va derrotar a tots els interessats. A l'edat relativament jove de 35, Gotch va decidir retirar. Per al seu últim partit, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Al novembre 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Però, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Al voltant 10 am on Thursday, Abril 10, 1919, five heavily armed men burst into the Baden Bank. The bandits confronted M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. They rounded up the four other employees as Muntzel led the group to the vault. The robbers wore colored bandanas to obscure their features. While two of the five men
Divendres, Maig 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 acta. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler