Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
1909 was probably the worst year of Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman’s life. He lost both his ten month old daughter Ida May Zimmerman and his second wife Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Before Parker’s death in the Cape Giraurdeau Tornado of 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Ledna 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. Zatímco Britové
Dne 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
Došlo International Wrestling turnaj ve dvou fázích v období od května 19, 1915 a prosinec 31, 1915. Padesát zápasníci by se soutěžit v první fázi turnaje, včetně Světové řecko-římského Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Druhá splátka měla 40 zápasníci, včetně nahoru a nadcházející hvězdu Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Těch pár lidí, kteří vědí o Prizefighter Paddy Ryan pravděpodobně ho znáte jako John L. Sullivan oběť. Sullivan porazit Ryan pro Heavyweight Prizefighting mistrovství 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 v Irsku. Jeho rodina emigrovala do Tróje, New York. Ryan was known through out his
On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ 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. Kdy
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. Dr. Ordway arrives
Nedávno, 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 vydání St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 of 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard
Juve vs. Fantomas (1913) je Louis Feuillade druhý filmová adaptace populární série trestných činů podle Marcell Allain a Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre hraje roli Fantomas a jeho mnoha přezdívek. Edmund Breon vylíčí Inspektor Juve. George Melchior hraje roli Jerome Fandor, mladý novinář, který pomáhá Juve v jeho vyšetřování Fantomas. Juve a Fandor jsou
St. 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. Však, 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