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In 2010, St. Louis was the 58th largest city in the United States and the 19th largest metropolitan area. Around the turn of the century, it was the fifth or sixth largest city in the United States and the largest west of the Mississippi River. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
Die Jovis, September 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. Post mercedem quaerit illicita, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assignata
Die martis, November 18, 1884, Mundus Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan pugnavit Al Greenfield apud Madison Square Garden in New York City,. Sullivan opus est vincere plus quam solum adversario suo in hoc praedura. Primum inter homines Lunae pugnare, November 17, 1884, sed auctoritates Novi Eboraci hominibus comprehensis minabantur. altercatio cum
For the Sunday, June 24, 1900 edition of St. Louis de re publica, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Postquam 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Dux Desmoniae lamentatus est vim augendam quam videbat
On March 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. Novissimus casus definiendus est per id quod est The New York
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 annis. Tribus pulsum prope pontem Naturalem et Vandeventer Avenues, Officer Anderson was known as the “Friendly Copper” by the residents and businesses on his beat. Working the overnight shift on a cold February morning, Praefectus Anderson ambulabat in Vandeventer sicut meridiem versus
In 1910s, American professio luctando in perpetuum movetur a legitimis luctationibus ad praestituta spectacula. Fan interest, moderatoris temperantiae ac minus vestium ac dilacerant luctatores omnes in hoc transitu munere fungebantur. Alius minus loquebatur de pressura extra ipsum lusum. Ante 20th century, professionales caestu contra legem in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae. Nuda talorum
Die Jovis, February 26, 1903, Jack Johnson suum Mundum Coloratum Gravium pugilatu pugilatum defendit contra invictum Sam McVey. McVey duxit a 6-0 recordarentur cum sex knockouts in pilae par. Cum pugilatu promotores noluerunt dimittere Nigrum pugnatores certatim pro mundo Gravis pugilatu VINDICIAE, optimi pugiles circum vertente saeculo pugnaverunt pro mundo Colored
Paul Pons was a French Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. He was good enough to give George Hackenschmidt a run for his money in several tournaments. Autem, when he came to Chicago in 1900, fuit “defeated” by a local wrestler. The circumstances of the loss leave a lot to be desired. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Unum
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. Autem, 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