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, when they stopped in at a

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Easton Taylor Trust Company Robbery

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През месец април 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, известен също като “The Red-Headed Bandit”, walked into the Easton-Taylor Trust Company at 4474 <Педя bbox_x = "733" bbox_y = "795" bbox_w = "98" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Smith had a revolver in each hand and demanded money from the cashier. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 in a sack. 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) е световен рекорд държи щангист и World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling преди кеч бе предварително договорен и повдигачи са използвали стероиди. Hackenschmidt постигнал ниво на величие се дължи на няколко фактора. He achieved a high level of physical fitness. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been

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Sgt. King’s Home on Lotus Avenue

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Аз преди това пише за инцидент, в който детектив сержант за Св. Louis Полицията е бил застрелян по време на опит за грабеж. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. История на 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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На една студена януарска нощ в 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Police, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis РПУ. <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis полицейски детектив сержант Джеймс Мартин Кинг вървеше към дома си в 4973 Lotus Avenue чрез N. KINGSHIGHWAY Boulevard, when two

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Chang Апана, The Real Charlie Chan?

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За първи път чух за Chang Апана в Featurette на един от Чарли Чан DVD комплекти. I knew a real life detective inspired Earl Derr Biggers to create Charlie Chan. I did not know who the man was. Chang Apana was that man. Chang Апана (born Ah Ping Chang) декември 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was

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

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Какво ли ранга на Black Belt Mean?

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I have spent a lot of time studying different rank systems. The rank system seems to be a modern concept started by Dr. Jigaro Kano, an educator, who wanted a system of grading to separate students. Over the next century, numerous styles adopted the belt rank system but the only commonality was the belt systems meant what the creator decided

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The Trust Meramec грабеж в 1919

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В четвъртък, Юни 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, а под гаранция и бивш затворник, вдигна Meramec Trust Company малко след като бе открита в 07:00 А.М. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. В ъгъла на Virginia Avenue и Meramec Стрийт беше едно от най-натоварените блокове улица на автомобили в града. The robbers had

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Dick Tracy срещу. Cueball (1946)

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Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials

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