General Sherman’s St. Louis Home

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Përgjithshëm William Tecumseh Sherman të Luftës Civile famë kishte rrënjë të thella në Shën. Louis shtrihen prapa në 1843. Si një ushtar, the US Army assigned Sherman to Jefferson Barracks. Sherman was also involved in St. Louis businesses as the St. Louis Rruga hekurudhore Company Presidenti pa lënë St. 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 vjet, 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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Stanislaus Zbyszko was born Stanislaw Jan Cyganiewicz on April 1, 1880 in Jodlow, Poloni, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Zbyszko chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. An article in the Walla Walla, Washington newspaper, The Evening Statesman’s on Tuesday, Shkurt 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, kur ndaluan në një

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Easton Taylor Trust Company Robbery

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Në prill 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, e njohur edhe si “Bandit Red-Kryesuar”, eci në Trust Company Easton-Taylor në 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith kishte një revolver në çdo dorë dhe kërkoi të holla nga arka. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 në një thes. 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) ishte një rekord botëror që mbajnë peshëngritësi dhe World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling para mundje ishte paracaktuar dhe lifters janë duke përdorur steroid. Hackenschmidt arritur një nivel të madhështisë shkak të disa faktorëve. Ai ka arritur një nivel të lartë të palestër fizike. Gjendja e tij fizike e lejuan atë të jetë mundës më të suksesshëm të kohës së tij. A few wrestlers may have been

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Sgt. King’s Home on Lotus Avenue

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Unë më parë shkroi për një incident në të cilin një rreshter detektiv për St. Louis i policisë u qëllua gjatë një përpjekje për grabitje. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis histori, 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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Në një natë të ftohtë janar në 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Policia, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Departamenti i policisë Louis. St. Detective Louis Policia Rreshter James Martin Mbreti ishte në këmbë në shtëpinë e tij në 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. Kingshighway Bulevardi, when two

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Secret Charlie Chan (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. Secret Charlie Chan (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better

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