General Sherman’s St. Louis Home

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Bhí Ard-William Tecumseh Sherman de Cogadh Cathartha Laochra fréamhacha doimhne i St. Louis ag síneadh siar go dtí 1843. Mar saighdiúir, the US Army assigned Sherman to Jefferson Barracks. Sherman was also involved in St. Louis businesses as the St. Sráid Louis Railroad Cuideachta Uachtarán dtí gur fhág sé Naomh. Louis for the Civil War in 1861.   After the war,

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How To Spread A Martial Art

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3 times over the last 150 bliana, martial artists created more modern versions of older martial arts. Unlike many prior systems, the innovators of these modern martial arts chose to share this information with outsiders and spread their arts around the world. Jigoro Kano’s dissemination of Judo is the best case study for how to develop and spread a martial

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Zbyszko and the Last Shoot Match

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Rugadh Stanislaus Zbyszko Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz Aibreán 1, 1880 i Jodlow, An Pholainn, a bhí mar chuid den Impireacht na hOstaire-Ungáiris. Zbyszko chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. Tá alt sa Walla Walla, Washington nuachtán, The Evening Statesman’s on Tuesday, Feabhra 8, 1910, publicized Zbyszko’s university and intellectual accomplishments.

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Prizefighters Meet in Liverpool Pub

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For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, nuair a stad siad isteach ag a

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Easton Taylor Trust Company Robbery

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Ar Aibreán 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, ar a dtugtar freisin mar “An meirleach Dearg-gceannas”, shiúil isteach sa Chuideachta Iontaobhas Easton-Taylor ag 4474 Easton Ascaill. Bhí Smith gunnán i ngach lámh agus iad ag éileamh airgead ó na airgeadóir. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 i sac. John Lanigan, the bank’s president, sat in his office off the lobby

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Hack and What It Takes To Be Great

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George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) Bhí taifead a shealbhú ar domhan weightlifter agus Domhanda Champion Heavyweight Wrestling sular réamhshocraithe wrestling agus lifters baint úsáide as stéaróidigh. Hackenschmidt bhaint amach ar leibhéal de greatness mar gheall ar roinnt fachtóirí. A bhaint amach sé leibhéal ard de folláine fhisiceach. A riocht fisiciúil a cheadaítear dó a bheith ar an wrestler is fearr ar éirigh a ré. A few wrestlers may have been

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Sáirsint. King’s Home on Lotus Avenue

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Scríobh mé roimhe seo faoi eachtra inar Sáirsint Bleachtaire don Naomh. Bhí lámhaigh Louis Póilíní linn iarracht robáil. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Stair Louis, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue was the home of Sgt. King in

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Robbers Kill Detective Sergeant in 1920

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Ar oíche fuar Eanáir i 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Póilíní, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Póilíní Roinn Louis. St. Cuireadh Louis Póilíní Bleachtaire Sáirsint James Martin King ag siúl go dtí a bhaile ag 4973 Lotus Ascaill via N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two

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Rúnda Charlie Chan ar (1936)

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The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Rúnda Charlie Chan ar (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better

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