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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
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, munduko txapelduna Wrestler eta weightlifter in 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch ospatu izenburua bost urtez eta comers guztiak garaitu. Urtetik nahiko gazte at 35, Gotch erretiroa erabaki. Bere azken partidurako, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Azaroaren on 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Bat egin (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Hala ere, 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.
Inguruan 10 am on Thursday, Apirila 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
Ostiralean, Maiatzaren 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 minutu. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 filmak. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to protect the
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Erabili zuen
Maiatzaren On 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould
Abuztuaren On 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Urtean 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. Urtean 1847, du
Urtearen bukaeran 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko Estatu Batuetara bidaiatu World Heavyweight Borroka txapelduna Frank Gotch desafio. Bilera Gotch Aurretik, Zbyszko lehen zatian zehar bira bat egin zuen Estatu Batuetan eta battled tokiko borrokalari asko 1910. Zbyszko bidaiatzeko 37,000 mila. Bere bira Early, Zbyszko ezagutu Frank Gotch urritasuna partidu batean. Zbyszko garaitu Gotch, nor zen