Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

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В сряда, Май 9, 1900, На втория ден от St. Louis Трамвай Strike, заблуден куршум уби Франк Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, ветеран Испано-Американската война, Гледах стачка митинг на ъгъла на Фини и N. Taylor Avenue. По време на митинга, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

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The 1904 Attempted St. Louis Jail Break

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George Collins, вторият банков крадец, участващи в Съюза, MO банков обир на декември 26, 1902, се опитали да избягат от Св. Louis затвора през януари 1904. Освен работата си с другите затворници, за да направим една дупка в стената на затвора, Той също така аранжирани с надзирател да са пили контрабандни му. Collins intended to use

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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На September 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Св. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Завет” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Лий имаше предизвикателството да отгледа двегодишния си син Гилбърт като сама

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Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police отдел. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. На January

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

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During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. На September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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От ноември 16, 1877, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis Police Officer John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. The man later identified as Frank Rande entered Wright’s Pawnshop at about 9:30 А.М. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis

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В петък, Октомври 14, and Saturday, Октомври 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis was well-represented in

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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Кейт Шопен, дъщеря на виден френски семейство и в момента местен автор, срина в Св. Louis 1904 World панаир на август 20, 1904. Madame Шопен е само 54 години и получил мозъчен кръвоизлив или аневризъм. Тя почина в дома си на McPherson Avenue на август 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

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My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. Един от механизмите, които правителствата използваха за събиране на пътни такси

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