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My daughter Caity is 21 years old this week. It is a bittersweet birthday because my baby girl isn’t my baby girl anymore. I am so proud of the young woman she has become but as she grew up I regretted not being able to pick her up, wipe her tears and make the “small hurts” go away. Caity kom
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. I januar 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “kvæle Sorakichi til
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. Men, the Paramount Studio executive thought it would be better as a talking picture. The studio delayed the release until they could add sound to the film. The addition of sound was not without its challenges. Desværre, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, havde
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, when they stopped in at a
William Desmond nuppe mange tyve i løbet af sin 17 år karriere som St. Louis chef for Detectives. Han udviklede en landsdækkende ry som “Tyven Taker”. På mandag, Oktober 15, 1900, Chief Desmond nuppe bukserne af en tyv, men ikke den tyv selv. Jonas Washington indtastet gården af Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
Sam McVey træt af den manglende mulighed for sorte krigere i USA i løbet af det tidlige tyvende århundrede. McVey besluttet at forlade for Europa i 1907, hvor han kæmpede indtil 1911. McVey kæmpede i Australien i mere tre år før han vendte tilbage til USA. Denne korte highlight film fra Frankrig i 1911 med “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Den August 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty opdagede Willis Garner indbrud kontor Schickle, Harrison og Howard Iron Company på 912 S. Tolvte Street i St. Louis, Missouri. Strygejernet Virksomheden beskæftigede Garner, der kastede en hammer på Doherty hoved. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Murder Over New York (1940) er en af de senere udgaver af Charlie Chan serien for Twentieth-Century Fox Productions. I denne film, Inspector Chan bistår sin gamle ven fra Scotland Yard, Inspector Drake, find a group of saboteurs. The spies intend to sabotage some test air craft in New York. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
Oktober 6, 1890, lokale barberer Luther Duncan og Bob Henderson trådte ud på til N. 11th Street at afvikle et skænderi. Dette område af St. Louis var kendt som “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop huse og den hårdeste afrikansk-amerikanere saloon i byen, Stærk’ Saloon. Både Duncan og Henderson var sorte barberer, der arbejdede i
Den December 3, 1896, tre mænd kom ind i Hjem Brewery kontor i St. Louis omkring 2:30 p.m. Kasserer Robert Hofferkamp nærmede mændene. Mændene fremstilles revolvere og fortalte Hofferkamp og hans assistent til at kaste op deres hænder. Mændene tog $10,000 fra kontoret i, hvad der ville være en multi-million dollar kup i dag. The robbers tied up and