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Aprilie 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis
Decembrie 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. După
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, doi criminali au scăpat de închisoare. Ele sunt în căutarea de a se răzbuna pe cei, care a trecut de două ori unul dintre criminali, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls spus doi dintre gardienii de închisoare în cazul în care o avere mare a fost ascunse. The wardens find the treasure, have a
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
In late 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Agricultor” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Totuși, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. De 1902, George
Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
După cum am scris în mai multe postări, cei mai buni boxeri grei între 1900 și 1919 au fost boxerii afro-americani obligați să lupte între ei pentru “Campionatul colorat”. Chiar și după ce marele Jack Johnson a rupt în cele din urmă linia culorilor și a câștigat Campionatul Mondial al Greutății, ar apăra titlul doar împotriva concurenților albi. As a result, cei mai duri provocatori
De asemenea, cunoscut sub numele de The Sleeping Cardinalul, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal ore (1931) este primul film Sherlock Holmes a jucat Arthur Wontner în rolul principal. Filmul se referă la un bărbat tânăr, care a fost inselat la pod pentru a recâștiga pierdut averea sa. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Noiembrie 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney părăsea St. Louis Country Club, când a fost abordată de doi bărbați afro-americani. Bărbatul cu pielea mai deschisă i-a spus doamnei. Stickney să-i predea bijuteriile sau i le-ar lua. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney i-a înmânat bărbatului bijuteriile ei, evaluat la $17,000.00, și $85.00 in cash. Mrs.