Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

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On Wednesday, ເດືອນ​ພຶດ​ສະ​ພາ 9, 1900, the second day of St. Louis Streetcar Strike, a stray bullet killed Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, a Spanish-American War veteran, was watching a strike rally at the corner of Finney and N. Taylor Avenue. During the rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

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ໄດ້ 1904 Attempted St. Louis Jail Break

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George Collins, robber ທະ​ນາ​ຄານ​ຄັ້ງ​ທີ​ສອງ​ມີ​ສ່ວນ​ຮ່ວມ​ໃນ​ການ​ສະ​ຫະ​ພາບ, robbery ທະ​ນາ​ຄານ​ດ​ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 26, 1902, ພະ​ຍາ​ຍາມ​ທີ່​ຈະ​ຫນີ St ໄດ້. ຄຸກ Louis ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 1904. ນອກ​ຈາກ​ເຮັດ​ວຽກ​ຮ່ວມ​ກັບ​ນັກ​ໂທດ​ອື່ນໆ​ໃນ​ການ​ເຮັດ​ໃຫ້​ຮູ​ໃນ​ກໍາ​ແພງ​ຄຸກ​ໄດ້, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ກັນ​ຍາ 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. St ໄດ້. 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 “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "342​" bbox_y = "1060​" bbox_w = "24​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ​ສີ​ຟ້າ = "210​" = "31​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = "” <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "375​" bbox_y = "1060​" bbox_w = "80​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ​ສີ​ຟ້າ = "210​" = "31​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ", 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. ພະ​ແນກ​ຕໍາ​ຫຼວດ Louis Metropolitan. 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. ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

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During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". 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. ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ກັນ​ຍາ 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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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ພະ​ຈິກ 16, 1877, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". 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. ຜູ້​ຊາຍ​ທີ່​ກໍາ​ນົດ​ຕໍ່​ມາ​ເປັນ Frank Rande ເຂົ້າ Pawnshop Wright ຂອງ​ຢູ່​ທີ່​ປະ​ມານ 9:30 a.m. Wright ສົ່ງ​ຫນຶ່ງ​ຂອງ​ການ​ຊ່ວຍ​ເຫຼືອ​ຂອງ​ຕົນ​ສໍາ​ລັບ​ການ​ຕໍາ​ຫຼວດ. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis

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ໃນ​ວັນ​ສຸກ, ຕຸ​ລາ 14, and Saturday, ຕຸ​ລາ 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. ໄດ້ 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "761​" bbox_y = "745​" bbox_w = "23​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". Louis was well-represented in

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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Kate Chopin, ລູກ​ສາວ​ຂອງ​ຄອບ​ຄົວ​ຝຣັ່ງ​ເປັນ​ຄູ​ຊັດ​ເຈນ​ແລະ​ໃນ​ເວ​ລາ​ຜູ້​ຂຽນ​ຂອງ​ທ້ອງ​ຖິ່ນ, ພັງ​ລົງ​ຢູ່ St ໄດ້. Louis 1904 ໂລກ​ທີ່​ຍຸດ​ຕິ​ທໍາ​ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ​ການ​ເດືອນ​ສິງ​ຫາ 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ມີ​ພຽງ​ແຕ່ 54 ປີ​ເກົ່າ​ແລະ​ປະ​ສົບ​ການ​ເສຍ​ເລືອດ​ສະ​ຫມອງ​ຫຼື aneurism. ນາງ​ໄດ້​ເສຍ​ຊີ​ວິດ​ຢູ່​ທີ່​ເຮືອນ​ຂອງ​ນາງ​ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ​ການ McPherson ຖະ​ຫນົນ​ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ສິງ​ຫາ 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. One of the mechanisms governments used to collect fees for road

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