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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Dick nobis Tracy. Crime, Inc. (1941)

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In December 27, 1941, Republic Pictures released the first chapter of the fourth Dick Tracy serial, Dick nobis Tracy. 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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The Phantom (1931)

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Novembres 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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Ad palaestrica 1904 Olympia Aestiva in St. Ludovicus

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Die Veneris, Aliquam 14, et a sabbatis, Aliquam 15, 1904, 42 in palaestris 7 pondus genera prima occurrit in certamine Olympia modus in colluctationis freestyle. Prior aliquanto proelium Olympia erant in Graeco et Romano more palaestrae,. In 1904 Conjuncta haberetur Olympia Aestiva 1904 Mauris Pulchra in St. Ludovicus, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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