William Muldoon Promotes Health System

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In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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Септембар 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Лоуис’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Свети. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Лоуис’ South

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Сцарлет Пимпернел (1935)

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Хтео сам да пишем о једном од мојих омиљених филмова, Сцарлет Пимпернел (1935). То је адаптација романа од истог имена, written by Baroness Orczy. Филм (аффилиате линк) тиче енглеског вршњака, који ризикује свој живот спасавајући француске аристократи из гиљотине. Прича је компликована чињеницом да је вршњак ожењен

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Јулије “Ујка Јулес” Johannpeter was born in St. Чарлс, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Ујка Јулес” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Ли” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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Вилијам Малдун припрема да буде шампион

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У 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon had to pay his dues and prepare for the title tilt with Bauer. У 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former

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Are Forms Important for Martial Arts?

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The legendary Bruce Lee wrote an article for Black Belt magazine many years ago which challenged the efficiency and efficacy of kata, облика или образац тренинг. Ever since the publication of this article, многи други уметници борилачке су почели да оспори или доведе у питање потребу за обуком форми. Пошто сам посвећен настави самоодбране, you would think I

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Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Одељење Луј Метрополитан полиције. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. On January

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Господин. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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On July 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Кретање “Б” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Господин. Moto Takes a Vacation finds Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Господин. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, intends

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

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During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, Свети. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. Септембар 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.

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“Terrible” Terry Beats Dixon for Title

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On January 5, 1900, four days before a showdown with Bantamweight Boxing Champion Terry McGovern, Featherweight World Boxing Champion George Dixon made an announcement to chill the spine of all his supporters. Dixon announced that win or lose, he would be retiring from the ring after the bout with McGovern. The last thing a manager wants to hear before a

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