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St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond skapte litt av et mysterium i januar 1903, da han forsøkte å snike seg av gårde og gifte seg. Det var å være den 45 år gamle Desmond første ekteskap. Chief Desmond var å gifte seg med Hannah McLaughlin, datter av en lokal byggmester. Paret var å bryllupsreise i Sør-California før retur til St. Louis
På mandag, Desember 15, 1902, St. Louis Politiet Assistant Chief of Detectives James H. Smith pensjonert fra politiet til å ta en posisjon i kullindustrien. Chief of Detectives William Desmond forsøkt å overbevise Smith å bo, men han bestemte seg for å trekke seg tilbake fra den kraft som hans førtiende fødselsdag nærmet. Smith samlet en prisverdig rekord som Desmond assistent.
H.G. Wells wrote the story of Things to Come, which was turned into a film in 1936. The film opens during Christmas 1940 in Everytown (obviously London) right before the outbreak of war. The war lasts almost thirty years before “the Airmen” led by John Cabal, a former resident of Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the remaining war
John Morrissey claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in a controversial bout with Yankee Sullivan in October 1853. After beating a murder charge for his participation in the murder of Bill “The Butcher” Poole, Morrissey decided to defend his title against John C. Heenan, “the Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey defeated Heenan in the October 1858 bout held in
The first Mr. Moto film starring Peter Lorre as Japanese jujitsu expert Kentaro Moto sees Mr. Moto tracking down a smuggling ring leader. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation released Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) on July 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Mr. Moto disguises himself as a peddler and
På mandag, Desember 13, 1920, Og “Strangler” Lewis vant det første av seks World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships fra Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Et år før denne kampen, Stecher og Lewis møttes i en kamp som varte i over tre timer. Lewis gjorde en mental feil i
Stan Laurel og Oliver Hardy stjerne i en av mine favoritt ferie filmer, Babe i Toyland (affiliate link) or March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934). Det er normalt vist rundt Thanksgiving. This film features Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum and Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee, som prøver å hjelpe Mother Peep, de små gamle kvinner i skoen. Barnaby, the wicked
The Mosblechs have very large families as a rule. My great grandfather Eduard Mosblech was one of twelve children. Eduard had fourteen children and his brothers had twelve and thirteen children respectively. While I have not yet been able to verify the size of the other two families, both Mom and I remember it the same way. Grandma Ellis had
Oktober 14, 1938, 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation released the fifth of eight Mr. Moto Films starring Peter Lorre as Interpol Policeman Kentaro Moto. In Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938), Mr. Moto infiltrates a prison and helps a prisoner escape to discover the plans of his criminal organization. Mr. Moto breaks international criminal Paul Brissac, played by Leon Ames, out of
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 and 126 pounds, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Juli 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at