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Céad col ceathrar mo sheanathair, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, bhí duine de St. Louis’ ceannródaithe eitleáin. Julius, a raibh aithne air sa teaghlach mar “Punks”, chuaigh sé isteach san Aer-Gharda Náisiúnta i lár na 1920idí. Bheadh sé coimisiúnaithe mar Leifteanant. D’eitil Julius eitleáin don aerchór míleata agus sibhialta. An chuid is mó de na fir ina aonad, a chuimsigh Charles
I rith na seachtaine deiridh de Nollaig 1902, William Rudolph, miner ais le déanaí chun Franklin Chontae, agus George Collins goideadh an Banc Aontas san Aontas, MO. Robbed siad sé thar oíche, nuair a bhí aon duine i láthair ag séideadh suas an sábháilte. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
While a few actors played Charlie Chan before Warner Oland and a few portrayed Inspector Chan after Roland Winters, the main body of Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film adaptations occurred between 1931 to 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). After his death, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the
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. An tUasal. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
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
Ar Dé Céadaoin, Eanáir 10, 1900, St. Bhí Oifigeach Póilíní Louis Paul Girard ina sheasamh ag cúinne S. Taylor agus Lindell Boulevard, nuair a chonaic sé léim fear ón dara hurlár de 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Feasach ar bhuirgléireacht le déanaí i gcomharsanacht shaibhir Central West End, Chuaigh Girard i dteagmháil leis an bhfear. Nuair a chonaic an fear limping Girard, rith sé i dtreo S.
Ar Dé Sathairn, Samhain 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutes. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem i seilbh
On February 26, 1943, RKO Pictures released the third film based on the popular Lum and Abner radio show. Two Weeks To Live (1943) stars Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody. Lauck and Goff, who also wrote the show, played the characters on radio beginning in 1931. The show began as a 15 minute radio
Thar a chuid 17 gairme bliana, St. Phléigh Ceannaire na mBleachtairí Louis William Desmond le go leor ball teaghlaigh coirpeach. Bhí roinnt ball den teaghlach chomh holc nó níos measa ná mar a bhí an Príomhfheidhmeannach coiriúil Desmond agus a chuid fear faoi ghlas. Mar sin féin, bhí go leor baill teaghlaigh macánta, daoine dícheallach, a bhí ag streachailt lena thuiscint cad a chuaigh mícheart lena ngaolta. Go luath ina ghairm bheatha
On the morning of Wednesday, Iúil 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. Spaulding announced one of the jail inmates waiting in the holding pen had just escaped. While most of the members of court sat stunned, Detective Billy Desmond jumped to his feet and rushed out of the courtroom.