F.W. Johannpeter en 1883 Kroegvoorval

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Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) was my tweede oupagrootjie aan my ma se kant. Hy het doodgegaan 4 maande voor die geboorte van sy kleinseun, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Sedert hy gesterf het voor my oupa gebore is, Ek het baie beperkte inligting oor hom gehad, toe ek die familiegeskiedenis begin ondersoek het. Oupa het geen verbale geskiedenis gehad nie

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Mnr. Moto’s Gamble (1938)

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Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. In hierdie film, Mnr. Moto gee 'n kriminele ondersoekklas aan verskeie ontluikende ondersoekers, insluitend

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Lord Barrington Is Beaten Up

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Thief. Liar. Bigamist. Con Man. Murderer. All accurate labels for one of the greatest charlatans to operate in St. Louis. “Lord F. Seymour Barrington” was a bit of a local celebrity, if an extremely disreputable one, during 1903. After conducting a bigamist marriage on the East Coast, “Here Barrington” stole his wife’s trousseau and headed to St. Louis. When Barrington

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Sergeant York (1941)

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Op September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (Koste skakel) tells the story of Sergeant Alvin C. York, a reluctant World War I hero from the small town of Pall Mall, Tennessee. Western film veteran Gary Cooper stars as Sergeant York. The film begins with the contrast of a Sunday church service and the

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