Marie H. "Babe" Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Ludovicus, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “C. avunculi” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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On January 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Autem, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, in S.. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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The Big Domus Cook Avenue

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A annorum CXXII lateres domum scene dominatur in platea iuxta angulum et Cook Avenue in Street of St Whittier. Ludovicus, Missouri. Structores erexit, 2378 In pede quadrato domum 1892. Eius singularis architectura turris SOLARIUM includit in secundo pavimento parietis septentrionalis. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Hodie,, 4200 Coquus est

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St. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, vel 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Ludovicus, Missouri history. Cum beato. Maxima civitatis in occidentali parte fluminis Mississippi Crassus, et ponet illud in externis Mauris Pulchra map. Dum pulchra adducerem notorium, peregrinatores crevit et reditus ad urbem,

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House of Frankenstein (1944)

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In December 1, 1944, Universal Pictures released the latest horror film in the Frankenstein series, House of Frankenstein, with an all-star cast. Boris Karloff, who originally played Frankenstein’s monster, returns to the series as the mad scientist Dr. Niemann. An earthquake releases him and his hunchbacked assistant Daniel from prison. Dr. Niemann intends to exact revenge on the men who

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One Body Too Many (1944)

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On Thanksgiving Weekend 1944, Paramount Pictures released One Body Too Many, a comedy-mystery film starring Jack Haley. Haley famously played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The film also starred Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley and Bela Lugosi in supporting roles. Unum Corpus Nimis multi cum millionaire incipit Cyrus J *. heredes Rutherfordi convenerunt ad audiendum

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Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

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V., Jube 9, 1900, Et in die secundo congregati sunt sancti. Louis Streetcar Percute, Duis aute vaga occidit Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, a Spanish-American bellum veterani, Quippe cernebam a concursu ad cornu percusserit, et N Finney. Taylor Avenue. In confirmant et colligunt, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

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