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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Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941)

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Op Desember 27, 1941, Republic Pictures released the first chapter of the fourth Dick Tracy serial, Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941). Once again, Ralph Byrd played Detective Dick Tracy. In this series, Dick Tracy works with “The Commission” to attack crime but suspects one of the members of the commission is the mysterious Ghost. The Ghost’s henchman Lucifer, played

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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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Lum en Abner Kom na Film

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Van 1931 te 1954, Lum en Abner besig om 'n plek onder die gewildste programme gedurende die Ou Tyd Radio era. Chester Lauck en Norris Goff het die Universiteit van Arkansas saam. Lauck en Goff later hul show Lum en Abner ontwikkel wat gebaseer is op die lewe in Arkansas. Die show geslaan 'n koord met baie luisteraars. My wife’s grandmother once told

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The Phantom (1931)

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Op November 1, 1931, Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures released The Phantom (1931), a low-budget thriller. The film opens with a death row inmates escape from the prison on the day of his execution. After he jumps from the prison wall to the top of the train, a plane with a rope ladder picks up the prisoner. While the opening sounds

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Stoei by die 1904 Olimpiese Spele in St somer. Louis

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Op Vrydag, Oktober 14, and Saturday, Oktober 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. Die 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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