Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Esmaspäeval, Detsember 15, 1902, St. Louis Police Assistant Chief of Detectives James H. Smith retired from the police department to take a position in the coal industry. Chief of Detectives William Desmond attempted to convince Smith to stay but he decided to retire from the force as his fortieth birthday approached. Smith compiled a commendable record as Desmond’s Assistant.
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
Stan Laurel ja Oliver Hardy star üks minu lemmik puhkus filmid, Babe in Toyland (affiliate link) or March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934). See on tavaliselt näidatud umbes Thanksgiving. This film features Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum and Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee, who are trying to help Mother Peep, the little old women in the shoe. Barnaby, the wicked
Mosblechs on väga suured pered reeglina. Minu vanavanaisa Eduard Mosblech oli üks kaheteistkümnest lastele. Eduard oli neliteist last ja tema vennad kaksteist ja kolmteist lastest. Kuigi ma ei ole veel suutnud kindlaks teha, suurus teised kaks peredele, nii ema ja ma mäletan seda samamoodi. Grandma Ellis had
Theodore Roosevelt made a fateful decision on Election Day 1904. He announced after being elected to the Presidency in his own right after ascending to the office upon the assassination of William McKinley that he would not run for another term in 1908. Roosevelt had served almost a full term before his election as McKinley was assassinated in September 1901.
Reedel, Oktoober 21, 1904, one of the greatest tragedies in St. Louis Police history occurred when two train robbers and three St. Louis Police detectives died in a shootout. The gunfight occurred in a small hotel room on Pine Street. Two days later on Sunday, Oktoober 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at
During April 1885, St. Louis experienced one of its most sensational murders. Two English travelers had checked into the Southern Hotel in early April 1885. C. Arthur Preller and H. M. Brooks, who was going by the alias of Dr. Maxwell, appeared to be very friendly. Although they had separate rooms, they often stayed in the same room together. Juures
Esmaspäeval, Märts 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, a 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
Charlie Chan Treasure Island (1939) on kolmas Twentieth-Century Fox filmi peaosas Sidney TOLER nagu Charlie Chan. Inspector Chan and Jimmy Chan, mängis Victor Sen Yung, are flying to the San Francisco World Exposition in 1939 as the film opens. Konarlik tee teeb Jimmy närviliseks. Also on the flight is Charlie’s friend Paul Essex, played
On laupäev, Märts 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran ja detektiivid