Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Луїс

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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 “Рубати” в Санкт-. Louis during the 1904 Всесвітня виставка. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Луїс, the match would not occur until 1908 в Чикаго,

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Чарлі Чан в Острів скарбів (1939)

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Чарлі Чан в Острів скарбів (1939) є третім двадцятого століття Фокс фільм за участю Сідні TOLER як Чарлі Чана. Інспектор Чан і Джиммі Chan, грав Віктор вересня Юнг, летять в Сан-Франциско Всесвітній виставці в 1939 а фільм відкривається. Тернистий шлях робить Джиммі дуже нервував. Крім того, на час польоту є одним Чарлі Пол Essex, played

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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У суботу, Березень 12, 1904, Вулиця. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Луїс’ 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. Моран і детективи

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Розбійник Допомагає Спіймати вбивцю

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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. Однак, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Рузвельт узяв його військовий міністр і колишній губернатор Phillipines

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Спосіб жити в здоров'ї і сили

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For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Спосіб жити в здоров'ї і сили (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 years until losing his

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Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, Серпень 12, 1900, Вулиця. 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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Union President Stabbed In 1900 Страйк

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In one of those strange coincidences of history, the Streetcar Union President Sherman C. Patterson was stabbed by a union machinist named Edward Canty after a saloon disagreement. At a time when several of his opponents in the 1900 Вулиця. Louis Streetcar Strike would love to have seen him sent on a train out of town, Patterson is stabbed by

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William Muldoon and His Health Farm

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Вільям Малдун, a former New York City detective, won the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship by defeating Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon reigned for ten years before retiring as champion. After retiring, he began to make a living as a 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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Girlfriend Kills St. Louis Officer

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On Monday evening, Липень 16, 1917, Вулиця. 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. Його “wife” was his recently divorced girlfriend Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, хто

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