Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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On Thursday, Urtarrila 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, one of St. Louis’ wealthiest men, owned residential real estate and other assets valued at 2 milioi dolar. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Zuen

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110 Couples Wed on Thanksgiving 1902

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Asteazkenean, Azaroa 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. The 110 couples broke the previous record set in 1901. This record would also only stand for one year until 1903. Beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing until 5 p.m., Recorder Hahn issued license after license as three ministers

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Ned O’Baldwin Shot

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In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Hala ere, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Baserritarrak” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 libera. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg wrestled in

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Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

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After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Hala ere, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines

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Metropolis (1927)

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Urtarrilaren On 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (kidea lotura). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), users rate it 8.3 daudelarik 10 stars. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning

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Boss Butler eta St du. Louis Machine

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Orduan makina politika eta krimen antolatua da, Kansas City beti nitaz ditu St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City etxean ere izan zen hainbat goi-profila gangland tiroketak izateko. St. Louis’ azken antolatutako krimenaren buruzagi karta atxilotu zuten. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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