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På April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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På Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, en noterad "fnask" eller skicklig submission wrestler, met Taro
Vem är den största legitima professionella brottaren att brottas i USA? Hur gör
I have always said the St. Louis Streetcar strejken 1900 was not the story of the evil streetcar companies exploiting the innocent workers. “The innocent workers” committed many deplorable acts during the streetcar strike. One of their most frequent tactics involved stripping woman in public who rode the streetcars during the strike. Amazingly, deras offer var unga och attraktiva
På Augusti 19, 1943, Columbia Pictures released Passport to Suez (1943). Warren William plays Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, for the final time in this film. The film opens in Alexandria, Egypt, where Lanyard has just arrived. Lanyard meets up with his old friend Johnny Booth, a successful cafe’ owner. Emellertid, Lanyard’s real purpose is a mission for British Intelligence.
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond would be primarily responsible for the security of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Prior to the fair opening in April 1904, Desmond played a critical role in St. Louis’ boodling investigation. During his boodling investigation, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Joseph “Holy Joe” Folk indicted City Councilman Charles Kratz for taking bribes or
Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto film, Herr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), on June 24, 1938. Lou Breslow and John Patrick set the film in Cambodia allowing Twentieth-Century Fox to use stock footage of the recently discovered ruins of Angkor Wat. The discovery of Angkor Wat captured the attention of the American public. Många
På April 27, 2015, I had the honor of promoting my sons to Black Ranks in our system of self-defense. I promoted my oldest son Kenneth to 2nd Degree Black Rank. Kenneth was the first student I promoted to Black Rank on April 27, 2013. Over the past year and a half, Kenneth and I have been working on a
On St. Patrick’s Day, Mars 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans från att drunkna
I slutet av 1990, min farfar, Gilbert Ellis, bodde hos min faster Maureen och farbror Dale. De hade beslutat att ha ett stort garage / skjul installerad, så morfar och min farbror skulle ha en workshop. De hade skjulet monterad och i ingrepp en lokal elektrisk företag att köra el till verkstaden. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on
I 1904, St. Louis hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition better known as the 1904 St. Louis’ Worlds Fair. While the Fair brought lots of tourists to town, criminals also made their way to the Gateway City. The man tasked with taking care of the security at the Fair and dealing with the increased criminal element in town was St. Louis’
På September 9, 1893, Frisco line bromsare James Pennock bordade Frisco Line på Tower Grove i St. Louis. Vid Cheltenham stopp, Frisco bromsare Sam Robertson och tidigare bromsare Muncie Ray bordade också. De män gick ombord på tåget med avsikt att råna tåget vid Sandy Cut, två miles öster Pacific, MO. När tåget kom nära
Kanariefågeln Murder Case (1929) ursprungligen sköt som en stumfilm. Emellertid, Paramount Studio verkställande trodde det skulle vara bättre som en talande bild. Studion försenade lanseringen tills de kunde lägga till ljud till filmen. Tillägget av ljudet var inte utan sina utmaningar. Tyvärr, en av de viktigaste stjärnor av filmen, Louise Brooks, hade