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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એપ્રિલ પર 5, 1920, ફ્રેડરિક ચાર્લ્સ સ્મિથ, તરીકે પણ ઓળખાય છે “આ લાલ માથાવાળો ડાકુ”, ખાતે એસ્ટોન-ટેલર ટ્રસ્ટ કંપની માં ચાલ્યો 4474 ઈસ્ટન એવન્યુ. સ્મિથ દરેક હાથમાં એક રિવોલ્વર હતી અને કેશિયર નાણાં માગણી. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 એક સેક. 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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જ્યોર્જ Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) was a world record holding weightlifter and World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion before wrestling was prearranged and lifters were using steroids. Hackenschmidt achieved a level of greatness due to several factors. 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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હું અગાઉ એક ઘટના વિશે લખ્યું હતું જેમાં સેન્ટ માટે ડિટેક્ટીવ સાર્જન્ટ. લૂઇસ પોલીસ એક લૂંટ પ્રયાસ દરમ્યાન ગોળી ચલાવવામાં આવી હતી. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. લૂઇસ ઇતિહાસ, 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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એક ઠંડી જાન્યુઆરી રાત્રે 1920, the deadliest year for St. લૂઇસ પોલીસ, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. લૂઇસ પોલીસ વિભાગ. સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. Kingshighway બુલવર્ડ, when two

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Chang Apana, The Real Charlie Chan?

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I first heard about Chang Apana in a featurette on one of the Charlie Chan DVD sets. 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 Apana (born Ah Ping Chang) ડીસેમ્બર 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was

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ચાર્લી ચાન સિક્રેટ (1936)

વોર્નરે Öland-ચાર્લી-ચાન

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 “બી” films produced by Monogram Pictures. ચાર્લી ચાન સિક્રેટ (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better

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બ્લેક બેલ્ટ મીન ક્રમ શું કરે છે?

કાનો-અને-મીફ્યુન

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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આ Meramec ટ્રસ્ટ ચોરી માં 1919

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ગુરૂવાર, જૂન 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, એક parolee અને ભૂતપૂર્વ કેદી, તેને ખોલી થોડા સમય બાદ Meramec ટ્રસ્ટ કંપની ઉપર રાખવામાં 07:00 a.m. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. વર્જિનિયા એવન્યુ અને Meramec સ્ટ્રીટના ખૂણા શહેરના સૌથી વ્યસ્ત શેરી કાર બ્લોકની એક હતું. The robbers had

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વિ ડિક ટ્રેસી. Cueball (1946)

મોર્ગન-કોનવે-એઝ-ડિક-ટ્રેસી

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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