Jack Johnson ແລະ​ຕໍ່​ສູ້​ກັບ​ຂອງ​ສະ​ຕະ​ວັດ

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, ອ່ານ heavyweight ກິນ​ເບັ້ຍ​ບໍາ​ນານ​ໃນ​ອະ​ດີດ, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “ຄວາມ​ຫວັງ​ສີ​ຂາວ” contenders. ໃນ​ນາ​ຂອງ​ຕົນ, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. ໃນ 35 years of age and nearly 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. ໃນ​ເບື້ອງ​ຕົ້ນ, 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. ພະ​ແນກ​ຕໍາ​ຫຼວດ Louis. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ເມ​ສາ 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 ນາ​ທີ. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter Kimker

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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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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 7, 1903, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". 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. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St ໄດ້. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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