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, quando si fermarono a

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Rapina alla Easton Taylor Trust Company

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Aprile 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, noto anche come “La Bandit Red-Headed”, entrato nella Easton-Taylor Trust Company a 4474 Easton Viale. Smith aveva una pistola in ogni mano e ha chiesto i soldi dalla cassa. Temendo per la sua vita, l'impiegato si arrese prontamente $15,309 in un sacco. John Lanigan, il presidente della banca, sedeva nel suo ufficio vicino all'atrio

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Hack and What It Takes To Be Great

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George 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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Robbers Kill Detective Sergeant in 1920

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On a cold January night in 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis polizia, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Dipartimento di Polizia di Louis. St. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two

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

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Che cosa fa il Grado di Cintura Nera media?

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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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