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. Autem, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt suum secretarium Belli sustulit et quondam gubernator Phillipinorum

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Valetudinem habitare in via

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For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Valetudinem habitare in via (affiliate link) Georgius 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 donec amissis annis eius

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Union President Stabbed In 1900 Percutite eum,

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In una eorum consensuum alienis historiae, in Praesidem Unionis Streetcar Sherman C. Confossus by Patterson MACHINATOR Edouardum nominavit, ob unionem post LASCIVIBUNDUS saloon dissensio. Sequeretur complurisque adversarios in témpore 1900 St. Louis Streetcar Percute esset, diligeretis utique et vidistis eum miserunt in comitatu de oppidum, Patterson is stabbed by

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Girlfriend Kills St. Louis Officer

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On Monday evening, July 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, qui,

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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 “Lee” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Etiam placerat”, 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. Grandpa

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Tom Hyer Beats Yankee Sullivan

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Tom Hyer parta patrocinium in American Nudis Knuckle Prizefighting 1841. Sicut maxime prizefighting pugiles saeculi XIX, et non dimicavit persaepe. Hyer solet solvit rogationibus quasi exactor quia factionibus politicis in New York,. Originally, Hyer talenta ad Whigs usus est sed ad fidelitates flectendum “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William

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Muldoon Too Strong for French Wrestler

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On June 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, California. 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 et 210 pounds during his career.

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