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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. <Промежуток bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" FSIZE = "14" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = ", once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines

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Способ жить в здоровье и сила

костюм Джорджа Хакеншмидта

For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Способ жить в здоровье и сила (партнерская ссылка) 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 лет, пока не потерял его

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Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

Сен-Луи-трамваи

Sunday morning, Август 12, 1900, Улица. 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 Забастовка

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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 Улица. Louis Streetcar Strike would love to have seen him sent on a train out of town, Patterson is stabbed by

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Уильям Малдун и его здоровье Ферма

уилльям-Малдун

Уильям Малдун, бывший Нью-Йорка детектив, выиграл Чемпионат мира Wrestling греко-римской, победив Тибо Бауэр. Малдун царствовал в течение десяти лет до выхода на пенсию как чемпион. После ухода на пенсию, он начал зарабатывать на жизнь как личного тренера. 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, Июль 16, 1917, Улица. 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. Его “wife” was his recently divorced girlfriend Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, кто

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Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

Семья Йоханнпетеров

When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “Подветренный” Эллис’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Шпилька”, 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. Дедушка

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Том Хайер Beats янки Салливан

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Том Хайер выиграл американский чемпионат Bare Knuckle Prizefighting в 1841. Как и большинство prizefighting чемпионов девятнадцатого века, Он не боролся очень часто. Хайер обычно выплачивается свои счета в качестве боевика для политических партий в Нью-Йорке. Первоначально, Hyer использовали свои таланты для вигов, но хотели бы перейти пристрастия к “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William

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Малдун одолевать французской Рестлер

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

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