George Baptiste Dies

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אויף דעצעמבער 1, 1938 בייַ 5:15 PM, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 יאָרן פון עלטער. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home

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Scratch One Off The Bucket List

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Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. לוי, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. איך

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Deadly Night During Streetcar Strike

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די 1900 סט. לוי סטרעעטקאַר סטרייק איז געווען אַ שיסערייַ מלחמה צווישן די אַרבעט קלאַס און דער אויבערשטער סאָרט. עס אנגעהויבן ווי אַ אַרבעט קאַמף דורך טראַמווייַ טוערס פון די ניי קאַנסאַלאַדייטאַד טראַמווייַ שורות. אָבער, it quickly divided the city with the working class supporting the strike while the upper and professional classes defied the strike. The result was a deadly

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I Hope She Doesn’t Want Parole

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הייַנט, Tam and I will be married twenty years. צומ באַדויערן, life in Missouri is 20 יאָרן, so I hope she doesn’t want to apply for parole. I’m hoping she decides to keep me around for a few more years. אויף יולי 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. They wisely kept

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Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

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My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. Hattie’s mother Margaret either died in giving birth to Hattie or passed away

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The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)

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British International Pictures (BIP) released The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934) (affiliate link) on April 19, 1934. Ralph Richardson takes his only turn as the English hero Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond. Drummond recently married long-time love interest Phyllis Clavering. Politics and the presence of old foe Carl Peterson intrude on Drummond’s wedded bliss. When Peterson kidnaps Phyllis, Drummond determines to

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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אויף אקטאבער 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, מאַססאַטשוסעטץ. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 פונט. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans of both men arrived in

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Killer Dill (1947)

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אויף אויגוסט 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, זייַן

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