Masked Marvel To The Rescue

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Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Rachmann se plan om Aberg te vestig, het verloop soos beplan nadat die toernooi afgeskop het

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Jack Johnson en die stryd van die eeu

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, die afgetrede voormalige swaargewig-kampioen, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “Wit Hoop” aanspraakmakers. In sy fleur, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Op 35 jaar oud en byna 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Aanvanklik, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. Louis Police Department. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

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Op April 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 minute. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, wanneer

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Oom Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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Januarie 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Egter, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, die St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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oorsprong Stories: Feit of fiksie?

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Toe ek die eerste keer in gevegskuns begin oefen het in 1995, die stories wat verband hou met die stigting van die meeste vechtkunsten was redelik fantasties met bomenslike prestasies van fisieke bekwaamheid en vegvermoë wat aan hul stigters toegeskryf word. Of Kung Fu, Karate of Judo, die stigter het die vaardighede wat in vorige gevegskuns geleer is, geneem, het dit verander en almal verslaan. Hierdie eise is

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St. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, of 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri geskiedenis. Terwyl St. Louis was die grootste stad wes van die Mississippi-rivier, die World's Fair sit dit op die internasionale kaart. Terwyl die billike sou bring bekendheid, toeriste en verhoogde inkomste na die stad,

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