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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Arthur C. Clemmings blev født på torsdag, April 3, 1913 i St. Louis, MO. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. Han blev tildelt som en specialarbejder metalarbejder. Hans valgperiode for hvervning, som begyndte på September 2, 1942, was for the duration of the war plus six months.
William T.”Willie” Egan took over “Egan’s Rats” on the death of his older brother Tom in 1919. Thomas “Snake” Kinney and his childhood friend and brother-in-law Tom Egan formed St. Louis’ criminal organization in the late 1800s. Both Kinney and Tom Egan were saloon keepers and Democratic politicians. They employed “the Rats” for political slugging and other criminal activities. Thomas
Torsdag aften, Maj 31, 1900, Albert Koenig, en strejke sympatisør med en historie af psykisk sygdom, skød og dræbte Patrolman Dennis Crane. Patrolman Crane og flere andre officerer reagerede på området på grund af rapporter om Koenig truende andre borgere. Koenig indtastet Eas og Sons Saloon på det sydvestlige hjørne af S. Broadway and Osage Streets. Koenig may have
Den 1900 St. Louis Streetcar Strike var en skydning krig mellem arbejderklassen og overklassen. Det startede som et job handling fra streetcar arbejdere i de nyligt konsoliderede streetcar linjer. Men, det hurtigt delte byen med arbejderklassen støtter strejken, mens de øvre og faglige klasser trodsede strejken. The result was a deadly
Da jeg voksede op, Jeg har ofte hørt Bedstemor Ellis, Alvina M. Mosblech Ellis, tale om sine to tabte søstre. Hun mistede sin ældste søster Margaret og hendes lillesøster Loretta før hendes 40 års fødselsdag. Margaret B. Mosblech var den første af fjorten børn født Eduard og 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.
På en kold januar nat i 1904, da byen St. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. Det var 5:45 p.m. den 13. januar kl den gamle Brown Shoe Company fabrik på hjørnet af Washington Avenue og North ellevte 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. Den August 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
Den skæbne meget af St. Louis’ historiske bygninger bevise det gamle fast ejendom ordsprog. Det handler om placering, placering, placering. Hvis bygningen er i South St. Louis, det har en bedre chance for at blive frelst, end en bygning på nordsiden. 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