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 kellha l-isfida li trabbi lil binha Gilbert ta’ sentejn bħala waħda waħda

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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 Dipartiment tal-Pulizija. 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. Fuq Jannar

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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Fuq Novembru 16, 1877, St. Uffiċjal tal-Pulizija Louis 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. Ir-raġel aktar tard identifikat bħala Frank Rande daħal Pawnshop Wright fi madwar 9:30 a.m. Wright mibgħuta wieħed mill-assistenti tiegħu għall-pulizija. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Lotta fil- 1904 Olimpjadi tas-sajf fl St. Louis

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Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Ottubru 14, u s-Sibt, Ottubru 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers fil 7 klassijiet ta 'piż sodisfatti fl-ewwel Logħob Olimpiku kontestati fil-metodu lotta freestyle. Logħob Olimpiku preċedenti kienu kkontestata fl-istil Greco-Roman tal lotta. Il- 1904 Olimpjadi tas-Sajf saret flimkien mal- 1904 Ġust Dinja f'San. 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. Wieħed mill-mekkaniżmi li użaw il-gvernijiet biex jiġbru l-miżati għat-toroq

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