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Aprila 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
Decembra 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. Po
V drugem preživelem filmu o Sherlocku Holmesu (podružnica povezava) starring Arthur Wontner kot Sherlock Holmes, dve kriminalci so pobegnili iz zapora. Skušajo maščevanje za moške, ki dvojna prečka enega od kriminalcev, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls povedala dva od redarjev svojega zapora, kjer je skritih veliko sreče. The wardens find the treasure, imeti 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,
V pozno 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 “Kmet” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Vendar, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Jo 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
Kot sem že napisal v več prispevkih, najboljši boksarji v težki kategoriji med 1900 in 1919 so bili afroameriški boksarji prisiljeni v boj med seboj “Barvno prvenstvo”. Tudi potem, ko je odlični Jack Johnson dokončno prebil barvno črto in osvojil svetovno prvenstvo v težki kategoriji, naslov bi branil le proti belim kandidatom. As a result, najtežji izzivalci
Also known at The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) is the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Arthur Wontner in the title role. The film concerns a young man, who has been cheating at bridge to regain his lost wealth. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Novembra 10, 1924, Gospa. A.W. Stickney je zapustil St. Louis Country Club, ko se je obrnil z dvema afriško-ameriških moških. Vžigalnik polti človek povedal Mrs. Stickney predati svojih draguljev, ali pa bi jih vzeli iz nje. Fearing for her safety, Gospa. Stickney izročil človeku njen nakit, vrednotijo po $17,000.00, in $85.00 in cash. Gospa.