Julius W. Johannpeter, Air Pioneer

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Prvi rođak mog djeda, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, bio je jedan od sv. Louis’ pioniri aviona. Julius, koji je u obitelji bio poznat kao “Punks”, pridružio se Zračnoj nacionalnoj gardi sredinom 1920-ih. Dobio bi čin poručnika. Julius je upravljao avionima i za vojni i za civilni zrakoplovni korpus. Većina ljudi u njegovoj jedinici, koja je uključivala Charlesa

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Chief Desmond Discovers Murder

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U veljači 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. G.. 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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Ringer Throws Wasem

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U subotu, Studeni 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 zapisnik. 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 je opsjednut

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Majka priznao kako je glavni Desmond

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Preko njegove 17 godinu karijere, St. Louis, šef detektiva William Desmond bavio se mnogim članovima obitelji kriminalaca. Neki članovi obitelji bili su jednako loši ili gori od zločinca kojeg su šef Desmond i njegovi ljudi zatvorili. Međutim, mnogi članovi obitelji bili su pošteni, vrijedni ljudi, koji su se trudili shvatiti što nije u redu s njihovim voljenim. Na početku svoje karijere

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