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 consilium de Aberg instituendi consilium iniit ut destinatum erat post torneamentum calce off

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Jack Johnson and The Fight of the Century

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 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. Ludovicus. Initio, 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. Ludovicus Lorem ipsum dolor sit. When the bank association turned over the

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Marie H. "Babe" Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Ludovicus, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “C. avunculi” 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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On January 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. Autem, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, in S.. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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The Big Domus Cook Avenue

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A annorum CXXII lateres domum scene dominatur in platea iuxta angulum et Cook Avenue in Street of St Whittier. Ludovicus, Missouri. Structores erexit, 2378 In pede quadrato domum 1892. Eius singularis architectura turris SOLARIUM includit in secundo pavimento parietis septentrionalis. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Hodie,, 4200 Coquus est

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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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