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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Arthur C.. Clemmings rođen u četvrtak, Travanj 3, 1913 u St. Louis, MO. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. On je bio dodijeljen kao polu-kvalificirane metala radnika. Njegov mandat Regrutacija, koja je počela u rujnu 2, 1942, was for the duration of the war plus six months.
William T.”Willie” Egan preuzeo “Egan je Štakori” o smrti svog starijeg brata Toma u 1919. Toma “Zmija” Kinney i njegov prijatelj iz djetinjstva i šogor Tom Egan formirana St. Louis’ zločinačke organizacije u kasnim 1800-ih. Oba Kinney i Tom Egan su saloon čuvari i demokratski političari. Oni su zaposleni “Štakori” za političku mlaćenja i drugih kriminalnih aktivnosti. Toma
U četvrtak navečer, Svibanj 31, 1900, Albert Koenig, Štrajk simpatizira s poviješću mentalnih bolesti, ubijen policajac Dennis Crane. Pozornik Crane i nekoliko drugih časnika odgovorio na području zbog izvješća o Koenig prijeteći druge građane. Koenig je ušao EAS i sinovi Saloon na jugozapadnom kutu S. Broadway and Osage Streets. Koenig may have
The 1900 St. Louis Streetcar štrajk bio pravi rat između radničke klase i gornje klase. Počelo je kao akciju posao po tramvajskoj za radnike iz novih konsolidiranih tramvaj linije. Međutim, to se brzo dijele grad s radničkom klasom podržava štrajk dok se gornji i stručne klase prkosio štrajk. The result was a deadly
Kada sam odrastao, Često sam čuo Baka Ellis, Alvina M. Mosblech Ellis, razgovarati o njoj dvije izgubljene sestre. Izgubila je najstarija sestra Margaret i njezina mlađa sestra Lorettu prije njezina 40. rođendana. Margaret B. Mosblech bio prvi od četrnaest djece rođene na Eduarda i 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.
Na hladnom siječanjske noći u 1904, kada je grad St. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. Bilo je 5:45 poslije podne. 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. Kolovoza 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
The fate of much of St. Louis’ historic buildings prove the old real estate adage. It’s all about location, location, location. If the building is in the South St. Louis, it has a better chance of being saved than a building on the North Side. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
Tvrdica (1935) je Twickenham Studios verzija Charlesa Dickensa’ klasik, Christmas Carol. Seymour Hicks igra Ebenezer Scrooge, škrt vlasnik londonskog poslovanja. On zapošljava pomoćnika po imenu Bob Cratchit. Scrooge će na kraju zadovoljiti tri duhove na Badnjak, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born