Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

מיסורי-בפטיסט-סניטוריום

ביום רביעי, מאי 9, 1900, יומו השני של רחוב. לואיס החשמלית Strike, כדור תועה נהרג פרנק ליברכט. פרנק ליברכט, ותיק ספרדי אמריקאי מלחמה, צופה בעצרת שביתה בפינת פיני ו-N. אווניו טיילור. במהלך העצרת, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

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The 1904 St ניסה. Louis Jail Break

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ג'ורג' קולינס, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, ניסיתי להימלט סנט. כלא לואיס בינואר 1904. חוץ מעבודה עם האסירים האחרים על ביצוע חור בקיר של הכלא, הוא גם סידר עם סוהר יש מסורים שהוברחו אליו. Collins intended to use

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Ghost of the Old Castle

קליבלנד-מ-גרנד

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

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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יוליוס “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. צ'ארלס, 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 “מחסה” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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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. לואיס משטרת המטרופוליטן. 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. On January

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

צ'יף-דסמונד-מנצל

During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". 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. On 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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בנובמבר 16, 1877, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". 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. לואיס

1904-אולימפיאדת קיץ

ביום שישי, אוקטובר 14, and Saturday, אוקטובר 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. לואיס, MO. <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis was well-represented in

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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קייט שופן, בת למשפחה צרפתית בולטת ומחבר הזמן מקומי, התמוטט ברחוב. לואיס 1904 היריד העולמי של באוגוסט 20, 1904. מאדאם שופן היה רק 54 שנים וסבלתי מדימום במוח או מפרצה. היא מתה בביתה בשדרות מקפרסון באוגוסט 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

ג'ון-ריילי-ספר מס

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. אחד המנגנונים שבהם השתמשו ממשלות כדי לגבות עמלות עבור כבישים

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