George Baptiste Dies

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בדצמבר 1, 1938 ב 5:15 בערב, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 גיל. 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. לואיס, 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. <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "359" = bbox_w "1462" = bbox_h "4" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "

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Murder at 2912 וושינגטון

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Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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ביום שלישי, נובמבר 5, 1901, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis Police captured Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion for their part in the Great Northern train robbery in Montana on July 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick would serve 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for

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Counter-Espionage (1942)

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Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “ב '” film series. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene

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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

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Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. בעוד סיפור זה עשוי

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איסמעיל מתאבק עם ג'נקינס

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On May 5, 1898, יוסף איסמעיל נאבק עם טום ג'נקינס בקליבלנד, Ohio. איסמעיל סייר רק בארצות הברית במשך שישה חודשים בחלק המוקדם של 1898. איסמעיל נאבק פחות מעשרה משחקים אך השאיר נתיב של הרס שזכור עד היום. איסמעיל עשה רושם רב עוצמה בכך שניצח בקלות את שני אוון "חנקר" לואיס. איסמעיל גם עשה חזק

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Are Vampire Bats Killing People?

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הערפד בת (1933) הוא סרט ז'אנר כיפוף בכיכובו של ליונל Atwill. לכאורה, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, סרט קצר אמור להיות המנה הראשונה לסרט העיקרי בהצעת חוק כפולה. Majestic Pictures produced the film, which was directed by Frank R.

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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באוקטובר 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, מסצ'וסטס. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 קילו. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. אוהדים משני הגברים הגיעו

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Marvin Hart Wins Vacant Title

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בחודש יולי 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "787" = bbox_w "796" = bbox_h "12" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the

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