Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

西奧多·羅斯福微笑

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. 然而, 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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住在健康和力量之路

喬治·哈肯施密特套裝

For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, 住在健康和力量之路 (友情鏈接) 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 直到失去他的幾年

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Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

聖路易斯街車

Sunday morning, 八月 12, 1900, 聖. 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 比前收市價. 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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Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

約翰·彼得家族

When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “李” 埃利斯’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “儒勒”, 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. 爺爺

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馬爾登強過法國摔跤手

威廉 - 馬爾登

六月 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, 加州. 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 和 210 pounds during his career.

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