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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, phim kinh điển, and miscellaneous history.
Hôm thứ Hai, Tháng mười hai 15, 1902, St. Louis Police Assistant Chief of Detectives James H. Smith retired from the police department to take a position in the coal industry. Chief of Detectives William Desmond attempted to convince Smith to stay but he decided to retire from the force as his fortieth birthday approached. Smith compiled a commendable record as Desmond’s Assistant.
H.G. Wells wrote the story of Things to Come, which was turned into a film in 1936. The film opens during Christmas 1940 in Everytown (obviously London) right before the outbreak of war. The war lasts almost thirty years before “the Airmen” led by John Cabal, a former resident of Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the remaining war
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in one of my favorite holiday films, Babe in Toyland (liên kết liên kết) or March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934). It is normally shown around Thanksgiving. This film features Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum and Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee, who are trying to help Mother Peep, the little old women in the shoe. Barnaby, the wicked
Các Mosblechs có gia đình rất lớn như một quy luật. Ông nội lớn của tôi Eduard Mosblech là một trong mười hai con. Eduard có mười bốn đứa con và anh em của mình có mười hai và mười ba trẻ em tương ứng. Trong khi tôi chưa thể xác minh kích thước của hai gia đình khác, both Mom and I remember it the same way. Grandma Ellis had
Theodore Roosevelt đã quyết định định mệnh vào ngày bầu cử 1904. Ông tuyên bố sau khi được bầu làm Tổng Thống ở bên phải của riêng của mình sau khi tăng dần đến văn phòng khi vụ ám sát William McKinley rằng ông sẽ không ra tranh cử một nhiệm kỳ nữa trong 1908. Roosevelt had served almost a full term before his election as McKinley was assassinated in September 1901.
Vào thứ Sáu, Tháng Mười 21, 1904, one of the greatest tragedies in St. Louis Police history occurred when two train robbers and three St. Louis Police detectives died in a shootout. The gunfight occurred in a small hotel room on Pine Street. Two days later on Sunday, Tháng Mười 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at
During April 1885, St. Louis experienced one of its most sensational murders. Two English travelers had checked into the Southern Hotel in early April 1885. C. Arthur Preller and H. M. Brooks, who was going by the alias of Dr. Maxwell, appeared to be very friendly. Although they had separate rooms, they often stayed in the same room together. Khi
Hôm thứ Hai, Diễu hành 5, 1900, St. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, một 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive
Charlie Chan tại Treasure Island (1939) là bộ phim Twentieth-Century Fox thứ ba với sự tham gia Sidney Toler như Charlie Chan. Inspector Chan and Jimmy Chan, chơi bởi Victor Sen Yung, are flying to the San Francisco World Exposition in 1939 as the film opens. Các chuyến đi gập ghềnh được làm Jimmy rất lo lắng. Also on the flight is Charlie’s friend Paul Essex, played
Vào ngày thứ bảy, Diễu hành 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran and the detectives