1909 – Дрэнны год для Parker Цімермана

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1909 быў, верагодна, горшы год жыцця Паркер Лонзо Батар Цімермана. Ён страціў абодва яго дзесяць-месячную дачку Іда мая Цімермана і яго другой жонкі Мелі Боллинджера Цімермана. Перад смерцю Паркера ў Каба Giraurdeau тарнада 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909

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British Intelligence (1940)

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Студзеня 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. Пакуль брытанскія

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Вуліца. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Лістапада 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Луіс”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Луіс, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Эдуард і Магдалена Mosblech, and their 14 children. Санкт-. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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Міжнародны турнір па вольнай барацьбе адбылася ў два этапы ў перыяд з мая 19, 1915 і снежань 31, 1915. Пяцьдзесят змагары будуць канкураваць на першым этапе турніру ў тым ліку сусветны грэка-рымскай Чэмпіён Аляксандр “Алекс” Аберг. Другі ўнёсак быў 40 змагары у тым ліку і бліжэйшыя зоркі Эду “Душыцель” Люіс, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The

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Paddy Ryan Wins The Title

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The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan was known through out his

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Criminal Shoots Officer Printz

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On the evening of June 1, 1879, Вуліца. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Луіс’ South Side. It is not clear if Charles Sanders actions attracted Printz’s attention, or Printz just stumbled upon Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz walked up to Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. Калі

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The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945)

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Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Доктар. Ordway arrives

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The 14 Mosblechs

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Recently, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 выданне St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 of the 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard

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Juve versus Fantomas (1913)

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Juve vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are

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New School St. Louis Criminals

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Вуліца. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. Аднак, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Chief Desmond said

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