Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
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
Fáir sem vita um prizefighter Paddy Ryan sennilega þekkja hann sem John L. Fórnarlamb Sullivan er. Sullivan slá Ryan fyrir Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship árið 1882. Ryan var þó góður bardagamaður í sjálfu sér. Ryan fæddist í mars 15, 1851 á Írlandi. Fjölskylda hans fluttist til Troy, New York. Ryan var þekktur í gegnum tíðina
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
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
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. Eftir
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
Í 2010, St. Louis var 58 stærsta borg í Bandaríkjunum og 19. stærsta höfuðborgarsvæðinu. Kringum aldamótin, það var fimmta eða sjötta stærsta borg í Bandaríkjunum og stærsta vestan Mississippi River. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. Í þessari mynd, Mr. Moto teaches a criminal investigation class to several budding investigators including