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On November 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 children. St. Louisi peapiiskopkond pühitses kiriku
International Maadlus Tournament toimus kahes järgus maist 19, 1915 ja detsembris 31, 1915. Viiskümmend maadlejate konkureeriks esimeses etapis Turniiri sealhulgas World kreeka-rooma Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Teine osamakse oli 40 maadlejate hulgas üles ja tulevad star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan was known through out his
On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. Pole selge, kas Charles Sandersi teod äratasid Printzi tähelepanu, või Printz lihtsalt komistas Sandersi otsa. Whatever the circumstances, Printz astus Sandersi juurde, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. Pärast
Hiljuti, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 trükk St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 kohta 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. Siiski, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. ütles pealik Desmond
Sisse 2010, St. Louis oli 58. suurim linn Ameerika Ühendriikides ja 19. suurim pealinna. Umbes sajandivahetusel, see oli viies või kuues linn Ameerika Ühendriikides ja suurim lääne Mississippi. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. In this film, Mr. Moto õpetab kriminaaluurimise tundi mitmele alustavale uurijale, sealhulgas