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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
Pada Malam Natal 1902, two small town, small-time, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United
Pada bulan Maret 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, the film (affiliate link) stands
Baru saja saya membaca Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu di Brasil, Volume 1 oleh Robert Quarry (Tautan afiliasi Amazon), yang menceritakan sebuah cerita alternatif dari awal BJJ daripada kita telah diberitahu oleh dalam berbagai wawancara dengan anggota keluarga Gracie. “syok” diterjemahkan menjadi “teramat” di Portugis Brasil. Sementara Pedreira mendalam penelitian dan mengutip sumber-sumber primer, koran sebagian besar Brasil,
Fred Beell bergumul profesional dari 1900 untuk 1919. Setelah mengembangkan reputasi legendaris karena beberapa kemenangan di atas Martin “Petani” Luka bakar, Dan McLeod dan Frank Gotch, Beell pensiun sebagai ia mendekati 43 tahun. karir pasca gulat akan menyebabkan kematian yang tak terduga di 57. Fred Beell mengatasi rintangan lama untuk menjadi pegulat profesional yang kompeten
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Lee” 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, pegulat juara dunia angkat besi dan di 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch memegang gelar selama lima tahun dan mengalahkan semua pendatang. Pada usia yang relatif muda 35, Gotch memutuskan untuk pensiun. Untuk pertandingan terakhirnya, ia akan mengambil lain pegulat terkenal Eropa dan angkat besi, George Lurich. George Lurich
Pada November 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. However, 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.
Sekitar 10 am on Thursday, April 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
Pada hari Jumat, Mei 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 menit. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler