Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Louis

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Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” St. Louis during the 1904 World Fair. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

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After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Siiski, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt valis oma sõjaministri ja endise Filipiinide kuberneri

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The Way to Live in Health and Strength

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For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, The Way to Live in Health and Strength (affiliate link) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 aastat oma kaotamiseni

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Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, August 12, 1900, St. Louis Police arrested four former Transit Line streetcar workers for blowing up the Olive Street line on Maryland Avenue between N. Taylor and N. Euclid Avenues on the previous night at 11:00 Pärastlõunal. Police arrested Maurice Brennan, Fred E. Northway, James Schwartz and James Finnesey. Police found 30 pounds of dynamite and 30 feet

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William Muldoon ja tema tervis Farm

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William Muldoon, endine New Yorgi detektiiv, võitis World kreeka-rooma maadluses MM võideti Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon valitses kümme aastat enne pensionile jäämist on meister. Pärast pensionile, hakkas ta tegema elavad isiklik treener. Muldoon trained wrestlers but really came to prominence after getting a woefully out of shape John L. Sullivan fit for his

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