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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
1909 kienet probabbilment l-agħar sena tal-ħajja Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman tal. Huwa tilef kemm tifla għaxar xahar qadima tiegħu Ida Mejju Zimmerman u tieni mara tiegħu Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Qabel il-mewt Parker fil-Cape Giraurdeau Tornado tal 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Fuq Novembru 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 tfal. Il St. Louis Arċidjoċesi ddedikat il-knisja
On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. Mhux ċar jekk l-azzjonijiet ta’ Charles Sanders ġibdux l-attenzjoni ta’ Printz, jew Printz biss stumbled fuq Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz mar lejn Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Recently, 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 edizzjoni tal-St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 tal- 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. Madankollu, 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. qal il-Kap Desmond
Nhar il-Ħamis, Settembru 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. Wara li ppruvaw ħlas illeċitu, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assenjat lill-
For the Sunday, Ġunju 24, 1900 edizzjoni tal-St. Louis Repubblika, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Wara 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Il-Kap Desmond lamenta l-vjolenza li qed tiżdied li kien qed jara barra
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 snin. Assenjat għal taħbit ħdejn Natural Bridge u 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, L-Uffiċjal Anderson kien miexi fuq Vandeventer eżatt fin-nofsinhar
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, Kivet attakkat
Nhar il-Ħamis, Jannar 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, wieħed minn St. Louis’ irġiel l-aktar sinjuri, proprjetà immobbli residenzjali u assi oħra stmati fi 2 miljun dollaru. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. He