Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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Ngày 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. Trong nhiều năm qua, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

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“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 và 126 bảng, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Vào ngày 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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Evan Lewis bóp Tom Cannon

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Ngày 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis gặp Wrestling British Champion Tom Cannon ở Cincinnati, Ohio. Trong thời kỳ đấu vật hợp pháp, các đô vật khác sợ Lewis mạnh mẽ vì cái thòng lọng của mình. Lewis dụng một siết cảnh động mạch được gọi là choke khỏa thân phía sau trong Judo. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern

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Julius W. Johannpeter, Air Pioneer

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My grandfather’s first cousin, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, was one of St. Louis’ airplane pioneers. Julius, who was known in the family as “Punks”, joined the Air National Guard in the mid-1920s. He would be commissioned as a Lieutenant. Julius flew planes for both the military and civilian air corps. Most of the men in his unit, which included Charles

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William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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Trong tuần cuối cùng của tháng mười hai 1902, William Rudolph, một người thợ mỏ vừa trở về Franklin County, và George Collins cướp Ngân hàng Liên minh trong Liên minh, MO. Họ cướp nó qua đêm, khi không có ai có mặt bằng cách thổi lên an toàn. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff

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Roland Winters trong The Golden Eye (1948)

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Trong khi một vài diễn viên đóng vai Charlie Chan trước khi Warner Oland và một vài vai thanh tra Chan sau khi Roland Winters, các cơ quan chính của Earl Derr Biggers, Arkansas’ Chuyển thể điện ảnh Charlie Chan xảy ra giữa 1931 để 1949. Warner Oland bắt đầu chơi Charlie Chan trong The Black Camel (1931). Sau cái chết của mình, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the

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Chief Desmond Discovers Murder

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On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Ông. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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