Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Ludvig

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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 “Hakata” St. Louis during the 1904 Maailmannäyttely. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Ludvig, the match would not occur until 1908 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. Kuitenkin, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt valitsi sotaministerin ja entisen Phillipinesin kuvernöörin

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Way to Live in terveyttä ja voimaa

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For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Way to Live in terveyttä ja voimaa (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 vuotta omansa menettämiseen

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Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, Elokuu 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 p.m. 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 Hänen Health Farm

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William Muldoon, entinen New Yorkissa etsivä, voitti World kreikkalais-roomalaisen painin mestaruuden voittamalla Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon hallitsi kymmenen vuotta ennen eläkkeelle mestari. Jäätyään eläkkeelle, hän alkoi tehdä elantonsa personal trainer. 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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Tyttöystävä Kills St. Louis Officer

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Maanantai-iltana, Heinäkuu 16, 1917, St. Louis Poliisi Julius H. Petring määritetty North Market Division tuli vuokratalo klo 2301 N. Market Street. Petring kysyi haltija William Dietrich vuokrata tilaa hänelle ja hänen vaimonsa. Hänen “vaimo” oli hänen äskettäin eronnut tyttöystävänsä Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring oli tapaillut Freda Hagenmeyer, jotka

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