Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
Posts about the history of St. Ludovicus, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Ludovicus, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Saepe ut Edouardus scribitur, sed quasi collatis auxiliis et custodia pronuntiatur, Eduard was as unique as his name. Certavi cum multa scribere de eo quod fabulas quas de eo audivi
Ut enim ad crimen publicae machina, Kansas urbem semper superabat St. Ludovicus. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas urbem quoque domum ad plures summus profile gangland shootings. St. Ludovicus’ postremo crimen duce captus fuit pro ludens cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, April 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell usus est ut mechanicus ad
Hebdomades abhinc, Exemplar Ivanhoe quaerebam a Sir Walter Scott ex veteri bibliotheca avo meo. Grandpa Gilbertus P. Cicero in mane 1990s, quam dederat ei bibliothecam. Hi libri sunt in thesauris dimittite apud me et in scrinio morior. Ut hædum, Sedebam in his
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Ludovicus”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. At Ludovicus, historicum, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French
On the morning of Saturday, April 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Suspendisse. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. Tempus
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Ludovicus, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. EGO
Aedificia iusta sunt acervi tabularum et laterum sine fabulis quae eis adnexae sunt. During November 1912, St. Louis Police Arthurus Huddleston a paroled homicida Albert Whitefield occisus est. Whitefield gener uxorem suam miratus, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
Die martis, November 5, 1901, St. Vigilum captus Louis Ben Kilpatrick Laura Bullionaeo et pro sua parte in Magnus septentrionalem Montana in July comitatu et in rapinam 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick esset: 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,