John Riley Collects Poll Tax

john-riley-poll-tax-knjiga

My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. Eden od mehanizmov, ki so ga vlade uporabljale za pobiranje cestnin

Deliti
» Preberi več

Gospod. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)

še vedno-hvala-gospod-moto

Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto film, Gospod. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), junija 24, 1938. Lou Breslow and John Patrick set the film in Cambodia allowing Twentieth-Century Fox to use stock footage of the recently discovered ruins of Angkor Wat. The discovery of Angkor Wat captured the attention of the American public. veliko

Deliti
» Preberi več

Rokoborba Champion Poskuša boks

dr-benjamin-franklin-roller

V torek, Januar 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, Seattle zdravnik in pro wrestler, ki je bil dovolj dober za zmago ameriške prvenstvo Težji, nerazložljivo odločil poskusiti roko na profesionalni boks. Njegov nasprotnik je bil prijatelj in sparing partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, kdo bi zmagal obarvanega svetovnega Težji boks prvenstvo. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

Deliti
» Preberi več

Streetcar Strike Mob Attacks Woman

St-Louis-tramvaj

I have always said the St. Louis Tramvaj Strike od 1900 was not the story of the evil streetcar companies exploiting the innocent workers. “The innocent workers” committed many deplorable acts during the streetcar strike. One of their most frequent tactics involved stripping woman in public who rode the streetcars during the strike. Amazingly, njihove žrtve so bile mlade in privlačne

Deliti
» Preberi več
1 51 52 53 54 55 67