Robber Helps Catch Killer

דזמונד-1904-גבורות

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

תיאודור רוזוולט-מחייך

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. אולם, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. רוזוולט בחר במזכיר המלחמה שלו ובמושל לשעבר של הפיליפינים

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The Way to Live in Health and Strength

ג'ורג-hackenschmidt-חליפה

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 שנים עד שאיבד את שלו

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Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, אוגוסט 12, 1900, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". 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 שביתה

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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 <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis Streetcar Strike would love to have seen him sent on a train out of town, Patterson is stabbed by

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ויליאם מלדון וחוות בריאותו

ויליאם-מאלדון

ויליאם מלדון, בלש ניו יורק לשעבר, זכה באליפות עולם ההיאבקות היוונית הרומית על ידי הבסת Thiebaud באואר. מלדון שלט במשך עשר שנים לפני שפרש כאלופה. לאחר פרישתו, הוא החל להתפרנס כמאמן אישי. 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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חברה הורגת St. Louis Officer

petring-שלאחר המשלוח

ביום שני בערב, יולי 16, 1917, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". לואיס קצין משטרת יוליוס H. Petring שהוקצה לאגף שוק הצפון נכנס בית דירות להשכרה ב 2301 N. רחוב שוק. Petring שאל בחנות ויליאם דיטריך לשכור חדר לו ולאשתו. שלו “אישה” היה החברה שהתגרשה לאחרונה פרידה Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, מי

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Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

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When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “מחסה” אליס’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “יתד”, Julius Johannpeter. Grandpa lived with Uncle Jules from the time he left Missouri Military Academy in 1932 until he married my grandmother, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech in 1938. סבא

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Tom Hyer Beats Yankee Sullivan

טום-hyer-אגרוף-צורה

Tom Hyer won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions of the Nineteenth Century, he did not fight very often. Hyer normally paid his bills as an enforcer for political parties in New York. במקור, הייר הפעיל את כישרונותיו עבור הוויגים אבל היה מחליף נאמנות ל- “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William

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Muldoon Too Strong for French Wrestler

ויליאם-מאלדון

On June 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, קליפורניה. When the wrestlers stripped to their trunks for the match, it was obvious Muldoon’s power would prove a formidable challenge to Rigal. Muldoon stood around 6 feet tall and weighed between 193 ו - 210 pounds during his career.

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