William Muldoon Promotes Health System

וויליאם-מולדון

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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Tough to Handle (1937)

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Minor film company Conn Pictures Company released Tough to Handle (1937) on May 24, 1937. Director S. Roy Luby pairs “ב” film stars Kane Richmond and Frankie Darro in this story of phony lottery tickets. Grandpa Sanford believe he won the lottery. Grandpa will be able to use the money to improve the circumstances of his grandchildren, Mike, געשפילט דורך

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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

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די סקאַרלעט פּימפּערנעל (1935)

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איך געוואלט צו שרייַבן וועגן איינער פון מיין באַליבט קינאָ, די סקאַרלעט פּימפּערנעל (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Baroness Orczy. דעם פילם (affiliate link) concerns an English peer, וואס ריסקס זיין לעבן דורך שפּאָרן פראנצויזיש עריסטאַקראַץ פון די גויללאָטינע. The story is complicated by the fact the peer is married to

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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יוליוס “פעטער דזשולעס” Johannpeter was born in St. טשאַרלעס, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “פעטער דזשולעס” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “לי” דזשאָהאַננפּעטער, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, לי האט די אַרויסרופן פון רייזינג איר צוויי-יאָר-אַלט זון גילבערט ווי אַ איין

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William Muldoon Prepares to Be Champion

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אין 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon had to pay his dues and prepare for the title tilt with Bauer. אין 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former

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Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

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In one of the last films in the series, British authorites recruit Sherlock Holmes to protect the young heir to a European throne. Universal Pictures released Pursuit to Algiers (1945) אויף אקטאבער 26, 1945. Basil Rathbone returns for the twelfth of fourteen times as Sherlock Holmes. Nigel Bruce again plays his assistant Dr. יוחנן וואַצאָן. As the film begins, Sherlock

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Detective Desmond Gets His Men

הויפּט-דעסמאָנד-עקספּלאָיץ

Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. לוי מעטראָפּאָליטאַן פּאַליס דעפּאַרטמענט. 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. אויף יאנואר

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מר. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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אויף יולי 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. באַוועגונג “ב” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. מר. מאָטאָ נעמט אַ וואַקאַציע געפינט מר. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. מר. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, בדעה

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

הויפּט-דעסמאָנד-עקספּלאָיץ

During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, סט. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. אויף סעפטעמבער 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.

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