Jack Johnson and The Fight of the Century

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Nan 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Initially, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. Depatman Lapolis Louis. When the bank association turned over the

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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Nan mwa janvye 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Sepandan, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St a. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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Lum ak Abnè Vini nan Film

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Soti nan 1931 to 1954, Lum ak Abnè okipe yon plas nan mitan montre yo ki pi popilè pandan epòk la Old Radyo Tan. Chester Lauck ak Norris Goff ale University of Arkansas ansanm. Lauck ak Goff pita devlope montre yo Lum ak Abnè ki baze sou lavi nan Arkansas. Montre nan frape yon kòd ak anpil koute. My wife’s grandmother once told

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