Morð kl 2912 Washington

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Byggingar eru bara haugar af borðum og múrsteinum án sögunnar sem þeim fylgja. During November 1912, St. Arthur Huddleston, lögregluþjónn í Louis, var myrtur af morðingjanum Albert Whitefield, sem var skilorðsbundinn. Whitefield hafði komið sambýliskonu sinni á óvart, 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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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. Þó þessi saga gæti eða gæti

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Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

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My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. Hattie’s mother Margaret either died in giving birth to Hattie or passed away

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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Á október 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 £. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Aðdáendur beggja mannanna komu inn

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Frank Moellenberg (1891 – 1941)

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My stepfather, Ernest C. Diaz, ól mig upp, so I included his family in my genealogical research. Þó, Dad’s father, Joseph Diaz, flutti frá Mexíkó og móðir hans Marie Moellenberg var fyrsta kynslóð Bandaríkjamanna sem fæddist af þýskum innflytjendum. Finding information on his family has not been easy. Við vitum að faðir Jósefs var Ulalio Diaz og fæðingarnafn móður hans var

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