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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Wizi wa Kampuni ya Easton Taylor Trust

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Aprili 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, also known as “The Red-Headed Bandit”, walked into the Easton-Taylor Trust Company at 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith had a revolver in each hand and demanded money from the cashier. Kuhofia maisha yake, karani akaanguka mara moja $15,309 in a sack. John Lanigan, rais wa benki hiyo, alikaa ofisini kwake nje ya ukumbi

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Hack and What It Takes To Be Great

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George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) mara rekodi ya dunia ya kufanya weightlifter na World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion kabla ya kumenyana ilikuwa prearranged na lifters walikuwa kutumia steroids. Hackenschmidt mafanikio ya kiwango cha juu ya ukuu wa kutokana na sababu kadhaa. 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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Mimi awali aliandika juu ya tukio hilo katika ambayo Detective Sergeant kwa St. Louis Polisi alipigwa risasi wakati wa jaribio wizi. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis historia, 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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On baridi Januari usiku katika 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Polisi, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Idara ya Polisi. St. Louis Polisi Detective Sergeant James Martin King alikuwa akitembea nyumbani kwake 4973 Lotus Avenue kupitia 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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