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 “Terjangan” di St. Louis during the 1904 Pameran Dunia. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Charlie Chan di Treasure Island (1939)

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Charlie Chan di Treasure Island (1939) adalah Twentieth-Century Fox film ketiga yang dibintangi Sidney Toler sebagai Charlie Chan. Inspector Chan and Jimmy Chan, dimainkan oleh Victor Yung Sen, are flying to the San Francisco World Exposition in 1939 as the film opens. The bergelombang membuat Jimmy sangat gugup. Also on the flight is Charlie’s friend Paul Essex, played

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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Pada hari Sabtu, Maret 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran dan para detektif

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Perampok Membantu Menangkap Pembunuh

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H. H. Holmes was America’s first known serial killer in the modern definition of the word. Holmes operated “the Murder Castle”, a Chicago hotel during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Holmes would eventually be convicted of sixteen murders but may have murdered more than 100 people during his operation of the hotel. What is less well known is that St.

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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. However, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt memilih Menteri Perang dan mantan Gubernur Filipina

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Jalan Hidup di Kesehatan dan Kekuatan

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For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Jalan Hidup di Kesehatan dan Kekuatan (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 tahun sampai kehilangan miliknya

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Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, Agustus 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 dan Nya Health Farm

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William Muldoon, mantan detektif New York City, memenangkan Dunia Yunani-Romawi Wrestling Championship dengan mengalahkan Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon memerintah selama sepuluh tahun sebelum pensiun sebagai juara. Setelah pensiun, ia mulai mencari nafkah sebagai pelatih pribadi. 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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Girlfriend Kills St. Louis Officer

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On Monday evening, Juli 16, 1917, St. Louis Police Officer Julius H. Petring assigned to the North Market Division entered a rooming house at 2301 N. Market Street. Petring asked the proprietor William Dietrich to rent a room for him and his wife. His “wife” was his recently divorced girlfriend Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, yang

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