Manassa Mauler Knocks Out Giant in 1919

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While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” eta 235 libera. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Hala ere,

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Wire Lapurrak Kill Ertzainak

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Ostirala baino lehen, Apirila 7, 1916, izan zen baino gehiago, Lewis anaiak bi St hiltzen. Louis polizia, John McKenna eta William Dillon. McKenna zen lehenengo erori, denean anaien eten zuen alanbre lapurtzen saiatzen, a valuable commodity during World War I. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. St du. Louis Police Department assigned

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The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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What happens is the first commercially successful art film. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) was released in January 1920 becoming a German and international sensation. It marked the beginning of the German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionist painters drew buildings sloped at odd angles, oddly shaped furniture,

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Joseph Diaz Comes to St. Louis 1917

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Joseph (Josef) Diaz was my stepfather, Ernest C. Diaz’s father. Ernie or Dad was the son of Joseph and Marie Diaz nee Moellenberg. Joseph was a first generation immigrant from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Joseph was born on May 12, 1893. Bere heriotza-ziurtagiria arabera, bere gurasoak ziren Ulalio (Eulalio) Diaz and Betty Diaz nee Ramiro. Daukat

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