Jack Johnson եւ պայքարը - րդ դարի

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, պաշտոնաթող նախկին ծանրորդ չեմպիոն, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “Սպիտակները Hope” թեկնածուները. Իր վարչապետը, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Ի 35 տարեկան եւ գրեթե 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Initially, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. Louis Police Department. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

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On April 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 արձանագրություն. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, երբ

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Marie H. «Բեյբ» Յոհանպետեր Քիմկեր

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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Հունվարի 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Սակայն, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. Մարտին 1897, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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