1909 – Ein schlechtes Jahr für Parker Zimmerman

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1909 war wahrscheinlich das schlechteste Jahr der Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman Leben. Er verlor seine beiden 10 Monate alten Tochter Ida May Zimmerman und seine zweite Frau Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Vor Parkers Tod in der Cape Giraurdeau Tornado von 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909

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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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On November 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 Kinder. Die St. Die Erzdiözese Louis weihte die Kirche ein

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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Die International Wrestling Turnier verlief in zwei Phasen zwischen Mai 19, 1915 und Dezember 31, 1915. Fünfzig Wrestler würde in der ersten Phase des Turniers, darunter Weltmeister griechisch-römischen Aleksander konkurrieren “Alex” Aberg. Die zweite Rate hatte 40 Ringer einschließlich aufstrebende Star Ed “Würger” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Die

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Behind the Mask (1946)

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Monogram Pictures released Behind the Mask (1946), the second of three films based on the popular Shadow radio program, on May 25, 1946. “B” Film leading actor Kane Richmond returns as Lamont Cranston, the alter ego of the mysterious Shadow. The film begins by following the activities a blackmailing newspaper reporter Jeff Mann, played by James Cardwell. After threatening several

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Krimineller erschießt Beamten Printz

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On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. Es ist nicht klar, ob die Aktionen von Charles Sanders die Aufmerksamkeit von Printz erregten, oder Printz ist gerade über Sanders gestolpert. Whatever the circumstances, Printz ging auf Sanders zu, who had a revolver in his right hand. Wann

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The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945)

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Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives

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Charlie Chan im Scarlet Clue (1945)

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The Scarlet Clue (1945) ist der fünfte von elf Charlie-Chan-Filmen, die Monogram Pictures produzierte, nachdem Twentieth-Century Fox die Serie im Jahr abgesetzt hatte 1942. Sidney Toler gemacht elf Filme für Twentieth-Century Fox, bevor die Serie Monogram. Nachdem Toler gestorben war 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. In diesem Film, Inspektor Charlie Chan entdeckt einen

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