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 “Lee” 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. Jabatan Polis Metropolitan Louis. 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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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis

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Pada hari Jumaat, 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. Yang 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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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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Kate Chopin, anak seorang keluarga Perancis yang terkenal dan pada masa yang penulis tempatan, runtuh pada St. Louis 1904 Pameran Dunia pada Ogos 20, 1904. Madame Chopin hanya 54 lama tahun dan mengalami pendarahan otak atau aneurism. Beliau meninggal dunia di rumahnya di McPherson Avenue pada Ogos 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. Salah satu mekanisme yang digunakan kerajaan untuk mengutip bayaran untuk jalan raya

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