Grandpa Buys a Pop Rivet Tool

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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

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Intro to Union, MO ბანკის ძარცვა

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შობის ღამეს 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

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House of Fear (1945)

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მარტს 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, ფილმი (შვილობილი ლინკები) stands

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Choque, Volume 1

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I recently read Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil, Volume 1 by Roberto Pedreira (Amazon affiliate link), which tells an alternate story of BJJ’s beginnings than we have been told by in various interviews with members of the Gracie Family. “Choquetranslates toshockingin Brazilian Portuguese. While Pedreira exhaustively researches and cites primary sources, mostly Brazilian newspapers,

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Fred Beell Killed in the Line of Duty

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Fred Beell wrestled professionally from 1900 to 1919. After developing a legendary reputation due to some of his victories over Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod and Frank Gotch, Beell retired as he neared 43 წლის ასაკიდან. His post wrestling career would lead to his unexpected death at 57. Fred Beell overcame long odds to become a competent professional wrestler

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Hanging Out With Great Grandma Ellis

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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

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Gotch Beats Lurich in His Last Match

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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, მსოფლიო ჩემპიონი მოჭიდავე და ძალოსანმა in 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch გაიმართა სათაური ხუთი წლის განმავლობაში და დაამარცხა ყველა comers. ერთი შედარებით ახალგაზრდა ასაკის 35, Gotch გადაწყვიტა გადადგეს. მისი ბოლო მატჩი, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich

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The Bat Whispers (1930)

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წლის 13, 1930, როლანდ 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.

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ვირთხები რობ ბადენ ბანკში 1919

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გარშემო 10 ხუთშაბათს ვარ, აპრილი 10, 1919, ხუთი მძიმედ შეიარაღებული მამაკაცი შეიჭრა ბადენის ბანკში. ბანდიტები დაუპირისპირდნენ მ.ვ. მუნცელი, მოლარე, და სარდაფში შესვლა მოითხოვა. მათ შეკრიბეს ოთხი სხვა თანამშრომელი, როდესაც მუნცელმა ჯგუფს სარდაფისკენ მიიყვანა. მძარცველები ატარებდნენ ფერად ბანდანებს, რათა დაეფარათ მათი თვისებები. მაშინ როცა ხუთი კაციდან ორი

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George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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პარასკევი, მაისი 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”, წმინდა. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutes. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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