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Sou Sèptanm 15, 1887, a muscular man stood in the First District Police Court listening to Judge Cady. As he looked out between eyes almost swollen shut and a busted lip, he waited to see if justice would be done. It was as Judge Cady told the beaten man, “$10 fine for disturbing the peace. $100 for resisting arrest. Ou
Sou Novanm 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 ane ki gen laj. Mace was world champion from 1860 to 1862 and again from 1866 to 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 to 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Sou Sèptanm 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. Pou ane, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 ak 126 liv, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Sou Jiye 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Sou Out 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis te rankontre Lit Britanik la Champion Tom Cannon nan Cincinnati, Ohio. Pandan epòk la lit lejitim, lòt luteur te pè Lewis nan pwisan paske nan anpriz l '. Lewis travay yon trangle carotid atè li te ye kòm dèyè toufe nan toutouni nan judo. Omwen se sa mwen te panse orijinèlman e pifò istoryen yo te site. Modèn
Premye kouzen granpapa m, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, te youn nan St. Louis’ pyonye avyon. Julius, ki moun ki te konnen nan fanmi an kòm “Peunk”, te rantre nan Gad Nasyonal Air nan mitan ane 1920 yo. Li ta dwe komisyone kòm yon Lyetnan. Julius te pran avyon pou tou de militè ak sivil kò lè. Pifò nan mesye yo nan inite li a, ki enkli Charles
Pandan dènye semèn nan mwa desanm 1902, William Rudolph, yon Miner dènyèman tounen tounen yo Konte Franklin, ak George Collins vòlè Bank la Inyon nan Inyon, MO. Yo vòlè li lannwit lan, lè pa gen yon sèl te prezan pa mouche moute ki an sekirite nan. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
While a few actors played Charlie Chan before Warner Oland and a few portrayed Inspector Chan after Roland Winters, the main body of Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film adaptations occurred between 1931 to 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). After his death, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the
On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Mr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into