Prelude to 1912 Elecció Presidencial

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Theodore Roosevelt va prendre una decisió fatídica en la jornada electoral 1904. Va anunciar després de ser elegit a la Presidència per dret propi després d'ascendir a l'oficina en l'assassinat de William McKinley que no postularia per a un nou mandat en 1908. Roosevelt had served almost a full term before his election as McKinley was assassinated in September 1901.

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St. Louis Police Nab Robber of Policeman

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Dilluns, Març 5, 1900, St. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, 01:00 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive

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Heenan Loses to King in Last Bout

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John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Louis

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Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Cop de destral” a St. Louis during the 1904 Fira Mundial. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 a Chicago,

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Sherlock Holmes a Washington (1943)

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Sherlock Holmes a Washington (1943) és el tercer de dotze produccions universal imatge de la franquícia de Sherlock Holmes. Basil Rathbone i Nigel Bruce va interpretar a Holmes i Watson, respectivament, en dues pel · lícules de Twentieth-Century Fox i dotze més per Universal Pictures. Aquesta pel · lícula se situa de nou en la dècada de 1940. Holmes i Watson han viatjat a Washington, D.C.. to keep secret

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