I Hope She Doesn’t Want Parole

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הייַנט, Tam and I will be married twenty years. צומ באַדויערן, life in Missouri is 20 יאָרן, so I hope she doesn’t want to apply for parole. I’m hoping she decides to keep me around for a few more years. אויף יולי 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. They wisely kept

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פּאַססינג די טאָרטש,en

טריי-מיר-ראָולינג

This week my oldest son Kenneth turns 19 יאר אַלט. Besides finishing school, Kenneth’s biggest focus is the martial arts. He is particularly passionate about teaching self-defense. Over the years, I have trained 14 nieces and nephews plus all three of my children in the martial arts. לעצטע וואָך, the first member of the third generation started with us. צו

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Olympics Effect on Judo and Taekwondo

צימערמאַן-אַקאַדעמיע-לאָגאָ

My daughter asked me the other day if I had seen any of the Olympic Judo. She was surprised when I told her I had not. Besides being a black belt in Taekwondo, I’m a brown belt in Judo. Like both my sons, Caity trained in both TKD and Judo as well. אָבער, איך האב נישט ליב די פאליטישע באטראכטונגען

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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

אַד-סאַנטעל

Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. While this story may or may

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Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

אַמאַנדאַ-און-דזשארזש-שטיין

My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. האַטי ס מוטער מאַרגאַרעט אָדער געשטארבן אין געבורט צו האַטי אָדער געשטארבן

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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אויף אקטאבער 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, מאַססאַטשוסעטץ. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 פונט. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. פאַנס פון ביידע מענטשן אנגעקומען אין

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Frank Moellenberg (1891 – 1941)

פראַנק-מאָלענבערג

מיין סטעפּפאַדער, ערנעסט C. דיאַז, האט מיך אויפגעהויבן, so I included his family in my genealogical research. אָבער, Dad’s father, יוסף דיאַז, עמיגרירט פון מעקסיקא און זיין מוטער מאַריע מאָעללענבערג איז געווען אַן ערשטער דור אמעריקאנער געבוירן צו דייַטש ימאַגראַנץ. Finding information on his family has not been easy. מיר וויסן אַז יוסף ס פאטער איז געווען Ulalio Diaz און זיין מוטער 'ס געבורט נאָמען איז געווען

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George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

אַמאַנדאַ-און-דזשארזש-שטיין

My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, יללינאָיס, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,

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