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. At 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

پرانے STL-پولیس-بیج

On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. لوئس. ابتدائی طور پر, 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. لوئس پولیس ڈیپارٹمنٹ. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

کینیڈی اور جینیٹ

اپریل 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 منٹ. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “ڈینور” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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Marie H. "بیبی" جوہان پیٹر کمکر

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. لوئس, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “انکل جولس” 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

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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جنوری 7, 1903, سینٹ. 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. تاہم, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, سینٹ. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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The Big House on Cook Avenue

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A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. لوئس, مسوری. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. آج, 4200 Cook is

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رابرٹ ہیرالڈ “Harry” Zimmerman (1911-1936)

اپنی تاریخ کی مہارتوں کو خاندانی تاریخ کو ریکارڈ کرنے کے عملی مقصد کے لیے استعمال کرنا

میرے دادا فرینک اے. Zimmerman’s oldest brother was Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman. They had a four older half-brothers and sisters and a deceased half-sister but Harry was the first child of Parker L. Zimmerman کی اور ان کی تیسری بیوی ڈالی. دادا پیدا ہوگا مئی 28, 1913. ہیری تھوڑا سا معمہ ہے کیونکہ اس کی موت اس کے آس پاس ہوئی۔

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بمقابلہ ڈک ٹریسی. Crime, Inc. (1941)

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دسمبر 27, 1941, Republic Pictures released the first chapter of the fourth Dick Tracy serial, بمقابلہ ڈک ٹریسی. 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

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اصل کہانیاں: حقیقت یا افسانہ?

کانو اور میفون

جب میں نے پہلی بار مارشل آرٹس کی تربیت شروع کی۔ 1995, زیادہ تر مارشل آرٹس کی بنیاد سے جڑی کہانیاں ان کے بانیوں سے منسوب جسمانی قابلیت اور لڑنے کی صلاحیت کے مافوق الفطرت کارناموں کے ساتھ بہت شاندار تھیں۔. کنگ فو چاہے, کراٹے یا جوڈو, بانی نے پچھلے مارشل آرٹس میں سیکھی ہوئی مہارتیں لیں۔, اس میں ترمیم کی اور سب کو شکست دی۔. یہ دعوے ہیں۔

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سینٹ. لوئس پولیس ورلڈ میلے کی حفاظت کرتی ہے۔

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لوزیانا خریداری نمائش, یا 1904 سینٹ. لوئس ورلڈ فیئر جیسا کہ یہ زیادہ مشہور ہے۔, سینٹ میں سب سے اہم واقعہ ہے۔. لوئس, 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,

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