Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)

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In his first time playing the role of Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond, John Howard plays the captain desperately trying to rescue his kidnapped fiancé’. Paramount Pictures released Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (affiliate link) on September 24, 1937. Prior to John Howard taking over the role, Ronald Coleman and Ralph Richardson both played the fictional British hero. In film incipit

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St. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, vel 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Ludovicus, Missouri history. Cum beato. Maxima civitatis in occidentali parte fluminis Mississippi Crassus, et ponet illud in externis Mauris Pulchra map. Dum pulchra adducerem notorium, peregrinatores crevit et reditus ad urbem,

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Wrestler Beats Jujitsu Man

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On St. Patrick’s Day, Itinera 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning

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Ad palaestrica 1904 Olympia Aestiva in St. Ludovicus

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Die Veneris, Aliquam 14, et a sabbatis, Aliquam 15, 1904, 42 in palaestris 7 pondus genera prima occurrit in certamine Olympia modus in colluctationis freestyle. Prior aliquanto proelium Olympia erant in Graeco et Romano more palaestrae,. In 1904 Conjuncta haberetur Olympia Aestiva 1904 Mauris Pulchra in St. Ludovicus, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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The Bashful Bachelor (1942)

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On March 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) (affiliate link) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. In hoc film, longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero

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Gentleman Jim KOs Boston Strong Boy

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John L. Sullivan had dominated the prize ring during his career. Possessing a record of 40 wins, no losses and two draws, “The Boston Strong Boy” was considered invincible. Sullivan won the world championship in 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. After defeating Kilrain in this epic bout, John L.

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Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

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V., Jube 9, 1900, Et in die secundo congregati sunt sancti. Louis Streetcar Percute, Duis aute vaga occidit Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, a Spanish-American bellum veterani, Quippe cernebam a concursu ad cornu percusserit, et N Finney. Taylor Avenue. In confirmant et colligunt, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

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