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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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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 “Подветренний” Елліс’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Jules”, 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. Дідусь

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Том Хайер Beats янкі Салліван

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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. Спочатку, Hyer використовували свої таланти для вігів, але хотіли б перейти пристрасті до “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William

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Малдун долати французької Рестлер

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On June 4, 1883, Греко-римська світу в суперважкій чемпіон з вільної боротьби Вільям Малдун зіткнулися досвідчений французький борець Жюль RIGAL в Сан-Франциско, Каліфорнія. Коли борці роздягнувся до їх стовбурів на матч, це була влада очевидно Малдун був би довести величезну проблему для RIGAL. Малдун стояв навколо 6 футів у висоту і важили від 193 і 210 pounds during his career.

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