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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. V svojem prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300
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. Najprej, 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. Policija Louis. When the bank association turned over the
Aprila 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 min. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, ko
Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Stric Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father
Januarja 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. Vendar, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Njena edinstvena arhitektura vključuje stolpni balkon v drugem nadstropju severovzhodne stene. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Danes, 4200 Cook je
Moj dedek je Frank O. Zimmerman je najstarejši brat je bil Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman. Imeli so štiri starejše pol-brate in sestre in pokojniku polsestra, ampak Harry je bil prvi otrok Parker L. Zimmerman in njegova tretja žena Dolly. Dedek bi bil rojen maja 28, 1913. Harry je malce skrivnosten, saj je umrl okoli
Decembra 27, 1941, Republic Pictures released the first chapter of the fourth Dick Tracy serial, Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941). Once again, Ralph Byrd played Detective Dick Tracy. In this series, Dick Tracy works with “The Commission” to attack crime but suspects one of the members of the commission is the mysterious Ghost. The Ghost’s henchman Lucifer, played
Ko sem prvič začel trenirati borilne veščine v 1995, zgodbe, povezane z ustanovitvijo večine borilnih veščin, so bile precej fantastične z nadčloveškimi podvigi fizične moči in borbenih sposobnosti, ki so jih pripisovali njihovim ustanoviteljem. Ali kung fu, Karate ali Judo, ustanovitelj je prevzel veščine, pridobljene v prejšnjih borilnih veščinah, spremenil in premagal vse. Te trditve so
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ali 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri history. While St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,