Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

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Am Mittwoch, Mai 9, 1900, der zweite Tag des St.. Louis Streetcar Streik, eine verirrte Kugel getötet Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, ein spanisch-amerikanischen Krieg-Veteran, war gerade ein Streik Kundgebung an der Ecke von Finney und N. Taylor Avenue. Während der Rallye, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Onkel Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Onkel Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee stand vor der Herausforderung, ihren zweijährigen Sohn Gilbert als Single großzuziehen

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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 Department. 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. Am January

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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On November 16, 1877, St. 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 a.m. 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

1904-Sommerolympiade

Am Freitag,, Oktober 14, and Saturday, Oktober 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. Die 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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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. Einer der Mechanismen, die Regierungen nutzen, um Straßengebühren zu erheben

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