Glíma við að 1904 Sumarólympíuleikarnir í St. Louis

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Á föstudaginn, Október 14, og laugardagur, Október 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers í 7 þyngd flokkar mætt á fyrstu Olympic Games umdeildu í skriðsund Glíma aðferð. Áður Olympic Games voru mótmælt í Greco-Roman stíl glímu. The 1904 Sumarólympíuleikarnir var haldinn í tengslum við að 1904 Heimsins Fair í St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

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My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. Eitt af þeim aðferðum sem stjórnvöld notuðu til að innheimta gjöld fyrir vegi

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Oliver Kirk og 1904 St. Louis Olympics

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Oliver Leonard Kirk has the distinction of being the only Olympic boxer to win a gold medal in two separate weight classes in the same Olympic Games. Oliver Kirk accomplished this feat at his hometown Olympics in 1904. St. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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“Terrible” Terry Dies in Charity Hospital

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On February 22, 1918, former World Bantamweight and Featherweight Boxing Champion “Terrible” Terry McGovern died in New York City’s Kings County Hospital. McGovern checked in a few days earlier with what McGovern thought was a severe upper respiratory infection. Þó, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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Streetcar Strike Mob Attacks Woman

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I have always said the St. Louis Streetcar Strike of 1900 was not the story of the evil streetcar companies exploiting the innocent workers. “The innocent workers” committed many deplorable acts during the streetcar strike. One of their most frequent tactics involved stripping woman in public who rode the streetcars during the strike. Amazingly, their victims were young and attractive

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