The 1904 Attempted St. Louis Jail Break

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Джордж Колінз, другі рабаўнік банкаў ўдзельнічае ў Саюзе, МО рабаванне банка сьнежня 26, 1902, спрабаваў бегчы Санкт. Луі Турма ў студзені 1904. Акрамя працы з іншымі зняволенымі на зрабіць адтуліну ў сцяне турмы, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use

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Murder at the Baskervilles (1937)

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Arthur Wontner is arguably the best film portrayer of Sherlock Holmes. His fifth and final outing as Holmes in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). The film was released in the United Kingdom in 1937 but was not released in America until January 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the

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William Muldoon Promotes Health System

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In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,

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Пунсовы Першацвет (1935)

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Я хацеў напісаць аб адным з маіх любімых фільмаў, Пунсовы Першацвет (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, напісана баранэсы Орци. Фільм (affiliate link) тычыцца ангельскага равесніка, , Які рызыкуе сваім жыццём, ратуючы французскіх арыстакратаў ад гільяціны. Гісторыя ўскладняецца тым, што равеснік жанаты

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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On September 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Луіс’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Санкт-. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Луіс’ South

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Metropolis (1927)

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Студзеня 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), users rate it 8.3 out of 10 stars. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning of the

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Дзядзька Жуль” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Дзядзька Жуль” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Сховішча” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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Sergeant York (1941)

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On September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). Фільм (affiliate link) распавядае пра сяржанта Элвіна С. York, a reluctant World War I hero from the small town of Pall Mall, Tennessee. Western film veteran Gary Cooper stars as Sergeant York. Фільм пачынаецца з кантрасту нядзельнай царкоўнай службы і

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Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. Студзеня

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Г-н. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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On July 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Рух “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Г-н. Moto Takes a Vacation знаходзіць Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Г-н. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, мае намер

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