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When I started martial arts in my mid-twenties, I thought my skill level would always continue to improve even as I aged. Since I regularly lifted weights, performed cardio and stretched, I thought I could battle Father Time to a draw. Like so many combat athletes before me, I discovered Father Time beats us all. Hvort við viljum horfast í augu við
Nóvember 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. The St. Louis erkibiskupsdæmi vígði kirkjuna
The International Glíma Tournament kom í tveimur áföngum frá maí 19, 1915 og desember 31, 1915. Fimmtíu wrestlers myndu keppa í fyrsta áfanga mót þar á meðal fugla Greco-Roman meistari Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. The second greiðsluna hafði 40 wrestlers þ.mt upp og koma stjörnu Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Willard “Villi Bill” Longson fæddist í Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 en eyddi mestum hluta fullorðinsárs síns í St. Louis, Missouri. Eftir að hafa byrjað feril sinn sem atvinnuglímumaður í 1931, Longson fann sig vinna fyrir Tom Packs í St. Louis. Hann fór eiginlega aldrei þar sem það yrði heimavöllur hans það sem eftir var
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. Ekki er ljóst hvort aðgerðir Charles Sanders hafi vakið athygli Printz, eða Printz rakst bara á Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz gekk upp að Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Á Desember 15, 1903, three men entered the Erie House at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue. The men beat up cook Victor Dauson before shooting hotel clerk Charles Harding. Dauson died from his injuries but Charles Harding recovered. The men took $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 a.m. and surprised Harding,
Á maí 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
The Scarlet Clue (1945) is the fifth of eleven Charlie Chan films Monogram Pictures produced after Twentieth-Century Fox cancelled the series in 1942. Sidney TOLER gerði ellefu kvikmyndir fyrir Twentieth-Century Fox áður en hann flutti í röð í Monogram. After Toler died in 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. Í þessari mynd, Inspector Charlie Chan discovers a
Nýlega, 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 útgáfa af 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
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. Þó, 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. sagði Desmond yfirmaður