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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Arthur C. Clemmings ei eni ar ddydd Iau, Ebrill 3, 1913 yn St. Louis, MO. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. Cafodd ei neilltuo fel gweithiwr metel lled-fedrus. Ei gyfnod yn y ymrestriad, a ddechreuodd ar Fedi 2, 1942, was for the duration of the war plus six months.
William T.”Willie” Cymerodd Egan drosodd “Llygod mawr Egan yn” ar farwolaeth ei frawd hŷn Tom yn 1919. Thomas “Neidr” Kinney a'i gyfaill blentyndod a'i frawd-yng-nghyfraith Tom Egan ffurfio St. Louis’ sefydliad troseddol yn y 1800au hwyr. Roedd y ddau Kinney a Tom Egan ceidwaid salŵn a gwleidyddion Democrataidd. Maent yn cyflogi “y Llygod Mawr” for political slugging and other criminal activities. Thomas
Ar nos Iau, Mai 31, 1900, Albert Koenig, cefnogwr i'r streic sydd â hanes o salwch meddwl, ergyd a lladd Patrolman Dennis Crane. Ymatebodd Patrolman Crane a nifer o swyddogion eraill i'r ardal oherwydd i adroddiadau am Koenig bygythiol dinasyddion eraill. Aeth Koenig EAS and Sons Saloon ar gornel de-orllewin o S. Broadway and Osage Streets. Koenig may have
Mae'r 1900 St. Louis Streetcar Streic oedd rhyfel saethu rhwng y dosbarth gweithiol a'r dosbarth uchaf. Dechreuodd fel gweithred swydd gan weithwyr Streetcar o'r llinellau Streetcar newydd cyfunol. Fodd bynnag,, yn gyflym rannu y ddinas gyda'r dosbarth gwaith ategol y streic tra bod y dosbarthiadau uwch a phroffesiynol defied y streic. The result was a deadly
Pan oeddwn yn tyfu i fyny, Rwy'n aml yn clywed Grandma Ellis, Alvina M. Mosblech Ellis, yn siarad am ei dwy chwaer a gollwyd. Mae hi'n colli ei chwaer hynaf Margaret a'i chwaer fach Loretta cyn ei phen-blwydd yn 40 oed. Margaret B. Mosblech oedd y cyntaf o bedwar ar ddeg o blant a anwyd i Eduard a Magdalena Mosblech. Great Aunt Margaret was born on June 10, 1908. As
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released After The Thin Man (1936), the sequel to the popular Thin Man (1934), on Christmas Day 1936. The film is one of 14 films William Powell and Myrna Loy made together. Powell and Loy play Dashiell Hammet’s characters Nick and Nora Charles respectively. Nick Charles formerly worked as a private detective before marrying the wealthy heiress Nora.
Ar noson oer Ionawr yn 1904, pan fydd y ddinas St. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. Roedd yn 5:45 y.h. on January 13th at the old Brown Shoe Company factory at the corner of Washington Avenue and North Eleventh Street. Time for the men to
George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. Louis’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. On August 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
Mae tynged llawer o St. Louis’ adeiladau hanesyddol brofi'r hen ddywediad ystad go iawn. Mae hyn i gyd am leoliad, Lleoliad, Lleoliad. Os yw'r adeilad yn y De St. Louis, mae ganddo well siawns o gael ei arbed na adeilad ar y Ochr y Gogledd. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
Scrooge (1935) is Twickenham Studios version of the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Seymour Hicks plays Ebenezer Scrooge, the miserly owner of a London business. He employs an assistant named Bob Cratchit. Scrooge will eventually meet three ghosts on Christmas Eve, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born