એક મળી કૌટુંબિક ટ્રેઝર

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Weeks ago, I was looking for a copy of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott from my grandfather’s old library. Grandpa Gilbert P. Ellis had a library that he gave me in the early 1990s. These books and his desk are treasures that will stay with me until the day I die. As a kid, I used to sit in his

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Detective Desmond Catches Eddie Guerin

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Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. લૂઈસ”, સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. લૂઇસ પોલીસ ઇતિહાસ, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French

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Black Belts Need Skill and Character

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At our fantasy football draft this year, one of the other owners asked me who I thought was the best mixed martial artist of all time. I told him that based on skill, the greatest mixed martial artist of all time was Jon “Bones” Jones. તેમ છતાં, Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the

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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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વિલિયમ Muldoon, વિશ્વ ગ્રીક રોમન રેસલિંગ ચેમ્પિયન અને શારીરિક સંસ્કૃતિ હિમાયતી, મંગળવારે લોસ એન્જલસ આવ્યા, ચોથો મહિનો એપ્રિલ 15, 1884 સ્થાનિક કુસ્તીબાજ ફ્રેડ બૉઅર સામનો. આ મેચ લોસ એન્જલસમાં સ્થાનિક Turnvereine હોલ ખાતે યોજાયો હતો. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

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સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis Police Nab Wild Bunch Members

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મંગળવારે, નવેમ્બર 5, 1901, સ્ટ્રીટ. લુઇસ પોલીસ જુલાઈ પર મોન્ટાના માં ગ્રેટ ઉત્તરી ટ્રેન લૂંટ તેમના ભાગ માટે બેન Kilpatrick અને લૌરા બુલિયન કબજે 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick કામ કરશે 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for

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Gilford Dudley Story (1797-1870)

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Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. I have just recently been able to find information on the Story family, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. વર્ષો સુધી, I could not find my great-grandmother Dollie Zimmerman nee

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1922 Morris Packing Company Robbery

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On the morning of Saturday, ચોથો મહિનો એપ્રિલ 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 એસ. બ્રોડવે. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. The time

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George Baptiste Dies

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ડિસેમ્બર પર 1, 1938 પર 5:15 PM પર પોસ્ટેડ, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 વર્ષની વયનાં. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home

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Scratch One Off The Bucket List

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Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. લૂઈસ, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. હું

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Murder at 2912 Washington

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Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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