Fred Beell Killed in the Line of Duty

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Fred Beell wrestled professionally from 1900 to 1919. After developing a legendary reputation due to some of his victories over Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod and Frank Gotch, Beell retired as he neared 43 წლის ასაკიდან. His post wrestling career would lead to his unexpected death at 57. Fred Beell overcame long odds to become a competent professional wrestler

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Hanging Out With Great Grandma Ellis

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Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis from my mother. She spent lots of time with her grandmother who lived in St. Louis. Grandpa Ellis moved to Illinois a couple of times during the 1940s and 1950s. Mom would come back to St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa

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Gotch Beats Lurich in His Last Match

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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, მსოფლიო ჩემპიონი მოჭიდავე და ძალოსანმა in 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch გაიმართა სათაური ხუთი წლის განმავლობაში და დაამარცხა ყველა comers. ერთი შედარებით ახალგაზრდა ასაკის 35, Gotch გადაწყვიტა გადადგეს. მისი ბოლო მატჩი, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich

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The Bat Whispers (1930)

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წლის 13, 1930, როლანდ V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. However, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.

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ვირთხები რობ ბადენ ბანკში 1919

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გარშემო 10 ხუთშაბათს ვარ, აპრილი 10, 1919, ხუთი მძიმედ შეიარაღებული მამაკაცი შეიჭრა ბადენის ბანკში. ბანდიტები დაუპირისპირდნენ მ.ვ. მუნცელი, მოლარე, და სარდაფში შესვლა მოითხოვა. მათ შეკრიბეს ოთხი სხვა თანამშრომელი, როდესაც მუნცელმა ჯგუფს სარდაფისკენ მიიყვანა. მძარცველები ატარებდნენ ფერად ბანდანებს, რათა დაეფარათ მათი თვისებები. მაშინ როცა ხუთი კაციდან ორი

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George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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პარასკევი, მაისი 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, წმინდა. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutes. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Terror by Night (1946)

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Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 films. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. როდნი კარსტაირსი ქირაობს ჰოლმსს

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. მან გამოიყენა

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Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947)

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მაისი 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould

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Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 Years

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აგვისტოს 17, 1891, წმინდა. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. In 1847, the

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