Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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Ceturtdien, Janvāris 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 miljons dolāru. Cooper vēlējusies būt lielākais nekustamā īpašuma īpašnieks in St. Louis. Viņš

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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. Tomēr, 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 “Lauksaimnieks” 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 mārciņas. 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. Tomēr, 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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Janvārī 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (filiāli saite). 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 out of 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 un St. Louis Machine

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Kad runa ir par mašīnu politiku un organizēto noziedzību, Kansas City vienmēr ir outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City ir arī mājvieta vairākiem augsta profila gangland šaušanu. St. Louis’ pēdējā organizētā noziedzība līderis bija arestēts par spēļu kārtis. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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