William Desmond Passes Away

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Antradienį, Liepa 4, 1916, former St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond passed away after an illness of two years. Desmond was in Alexian Brothers Hospital from October 1915 until his death on Independence Day 1916. The 59-year-old Desmond left a 12-year-old son, William Desmond, Jaunesnysis. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

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When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the

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1909 – Bad Metai PARKER Zimmerman

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1909 tikriausiai buvo blogiausi metai Parker Lonzo Batoras Zimmerman gyvenimo. Jis prarado abu savo dešimties mėnesių dukrelę Ida gegužės Zimmerman ir jo antrosios žmonos Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Prieš Parkerio mirties Žaliojo Giraurdeau Tornado į 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909

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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Lapkričio 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 vaikai. St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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Tarptautinės imtynių turnyras vyko dviem etapais: nuo gegužės 19, 1915 iki gruodžio 31, 1915. Penkiasdešimt kovotojai galėtų konkuruoti pirmojo etapo turnyro įskaitant Pasaulio graikų-romėnų čempionas Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Antroji įmoka turėjo 40 kovotojai, įskaitant ir ateinančiais Žvaigždžių k “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The

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