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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. ಕೈಟಿ ಬಂದಳು
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. ಜನವರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “ಸೊರಕಿಚಿಯನ್ನು ಕತ್ತು ಹಿಸುಕು
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. ಹೇಗಾದರೂ, 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. ಶೋಚನೀಯವಾಗಿ, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, had
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 nabbed many thieves during his 17 year career as St. Louis Chief of Detectives. He developed a nationwide reputation as “The Thief Taker”. ಸೋಮವಾರ, ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 15, 1900, Chief Desmond nabbed the pants of a thief but not the thief himself. Jonas Washington entered the yard of Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
On August 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty discovered Willis Garner burglarizing the office of Schickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Company at 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿನ ಚಿನ್ನದ ನಾಣ್ಯ, ಮಿಸೌರಿ. The iron company employed Garner, who threw a hammer at Doherty’s head. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
ನ್ಯೂಯಾರ್ಕ್ ಮೇಲೆ ಮರ್ಡರ್ (1940) ಟ್ವೆಂಟಿಯತ್ ಸೆಂಚುರಿ ಫಾಕ್ಸ್ ಪ್ರೊಡಕ್ಷನ್ಸ್ ಚಾರ್ಲಿ ಚಾನ್ ಸರಣಿಯ ನಂತರದ ಆವೃತ್ತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು. ಈ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ, ಇನ್ಸ್ಪೆಕ್ಟರ್ ಚಾನ್ ಸ್ಕಾಟ್ಲೆಂಡ್ ಯಾರ್ಡ್ ತನ್ನ ಹಳೆಯ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತ ಸಹಾಯ ಇದೆ, ಇನ್ಸ್ಪೆಕ್ಟರ್ ಡ್ರೇಕ್, ವಿಧ್ವಂಸಕರಿಂದ ಗುಂಪಿನ ಹುಡುಕಲು. ಸ್ಪೈಸ್ ನ್ಯೂಯಾರ್ಕ್ ಕೆಲವು ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾ ಏರ್ ಕ್ರಾಫ್ಟ್ ನಾಶಗೊಳಿಸು ಉದ್ದೇಶ. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ ರಂದು 6, 1890, local barbers Luther Duncan and Bob Henderson stepped out on to N. 11th Street to settle a quarrel. This area of St. Louis was known as “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop houses and the toughest African-Americans saloon in the city, Starkes’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in
ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 p.m. Cashier Robert Hofferkamp approached the men. The men produced revolvers and told Hofferkamp and his assistant to throw up their hands. The men took $10,000 from the office in what would be a multi-million dollar heist today. The robbers tied up and