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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. The March 3, 1946 eagrán de
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Mar sin féin, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Fone and Shea were local criminals, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, while Fone was
At one point before I bought my own house, I thought home repairs were one of my skills. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Grandpa Ellis taught me how to replace electrical outlets, washers on sinks and build lots of things with wood. I put together lots of prefabricated
Oíche Nollag 1902, dhá bhaile beag, beag-am, d’oscail fir holdup sábháilte an Aontais, Banc Missouri. Tar éis bagairt ar roinnt saoránach, rinne siad amach le breis $15,000. Bhí na fir sách sábháilte ar feadh cúpla mí go dtí gur glaodh Gníomhaireacht Bleachtaireachta Pinkerton isteach. Bhí gníomhaireacht náisiúnta ag na Pinkertons, a bhí an rud is gaire don Aontaithe
Timpeall 10 am on Thursday, Aibreán 10, 1919, five heavily armed men burst into the Baden Bank. The bandits confronted M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. They rounded up the four other employees as Muntzel led the group to the vault. The robbers wore colored bandanas to obscure their features. While two of the five men
Ar Lúnasa 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. In 1847, an
In 1934, Charles Artúr “Buachaill Pretty” Chuir Floyd deireadh lena ghairm bheatha choiriúil i Learpholl Thoir, Réimse arbhar Ohio tar éis lámhaigh amach le gníomhairí FBI agus oifigigh forfheidhmithe dlí áitiúla. Mar sin féin, i mí na Nollag 1925, bhí sé ina líon príosúnach 29078 ag an Missouri Penitentiary. Ciontaíodh Floyd, 21 bliain d'aois, as príomhoifig Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company a robáil.
Ar Deireadh Fómhair 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, a mharaigh
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis
Ar Nollaig 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office