Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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Hôm thứ Năm, Tháng một 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 triệu đô la. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Ông

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110 Các cặp vợ chồng Wed vào Lễ Tạ Ơn 1902

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Hôm thứ Tư, Tháng Mười Một 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. Các 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 tội, 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. Tuy nhiên, 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 “Nông dân” 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 bảng. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg wrestled in

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Are Vampire Bats Killing People?

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The Vampire Bat (1933) is a genre bending film (liên kết liên kết) starring Lionel Atwill. Mạo nhận, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, một bộ phim ngắn có nghĩa là các món khai vị cho bộ phim chính trên một dự luật tăng gấp đôi. Hình ảnh hùng vĩ sản xuất bộ phim, which was directed by

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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. Tuy nhiên, 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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Ông chủ Butler và St. Louis Máy

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Khi nói đến chính trị máy và tổ chức tội phạm, Kansas City đã luôn luôn tỏa sáng St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City cũng là nơi có nhiều vụ nổ súng xã hội đen cao cấp. St. Louis’ lãnh đạo tổ chức tội phạm cuối cùng đã bị bắt vì chơi bài. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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