Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
Posts about the history of St. Ludovicus, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
1909 est forsit pessimum anno vitae Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman. Et ipse periit, et decem menses, et ex secunda uxore, filia Ida May Zimmerman Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Ante mortem Parker in Capo de Giraurdeau Turbo 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Novembres 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Ludovicus”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Ludovicus, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, And Eduard Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 filii. In S.. Aloisii archidioecesis ecclesiam dedicavit
On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Ludovicus’ South Side. Non liquet si actiones Caroli Sanders attentionem Printz allexerunt, aut Printz mox incidit in Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz ambulavit ad Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Praesent, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 edition of St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 autem 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. Autem, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Chief Desmond said
Die Jovis, September 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. Post mercedem quaerit illicita, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assignata
For the Sunday, June 24, 1900 edition of St. Louis de re publica, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Postquam 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Dux Desmoniae lamentatus est vim augendam quam videbat
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 annis. Tribus pulsum prope pontem Naturalem et Vandeventer Avenues, Officer Anderson was known as the “Friendly Copper” by the residents and businesses on his beat. Working the overnight shift on a cold February morning, Praefectus Anderson ambulabat in Vandeventer sicut meridiem versus
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, St. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, lapidibus oppugnatur
Die Jovis, January 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, unus Sancti. Ludovicus’ ditissimi, possessores residentiales verus praedium et alia bona aestimantur 2 million pupa. Cooper vellet esse, cuius maxima in rebus sancti. Ludovicus. Et