الحادي و. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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نوفمبر 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. لويس”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. لويس, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, إدوارد وماغدالينا Mosblech, and their 14 الأطفال. سانت. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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وقعت بطولة المصارعة الدولية على مرحلتين بين شهري مايو 19, 1915 وديسمبر 31, 1915. سوف خمسين المصارعين تنافس في المرحلة الأولى من البطولة بما في ذلك العالم اليوناني الروماني بطل الكسندر “Alex” Aberg. وكانت الدفعة الثانية 40 المصارعين بما القادمة وحتى نجم إد “خانق” رافعة الحجارة, الذي انضم في الشهر في البطولة في نوفمبر 22, 1915. ال

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خلف القناع (1946)

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مشبك صور صدر وراء قناع (1946), the second of three films (وصلة التابعة) based on the popular Shadow radio program, on May 25, 1946. “<تمتد bbox_x = "538" bbox_y = "1070" bbox_w = "9" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = "” الفيلم الممثل الرائدة كين ريتشموند يعود كما امونت كرانستون, الصنو من الظل الغامض. يبدأ الفيلم باتباع الأنشطة وابتزاز صحيفة مراسل جيف مان, played by James Cardwell. After

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Criminal Shoots Officer Printz

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On the evening of June 1, 1879, الحادي و. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. لويس’ South Side. It is not clear if Charles Sanders actions attracted Printz’s attention, or Printz just stumbled upon Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz walked up to Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. لويس. في البداية, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. إدارة الشرطة لويس. When the bank association turned over the

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وليام مولدون, Physical Culture Legend

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I first read about William Muldoon in a biography of John L. سوليفان, the last bare knuckle heavyweight champion. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. The last major bare knuckle bout was fought by Sullivan against Jake Kilrain in 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. كان

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ال 14 Mosblechs

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مؤخرا, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 طبعة من سانت. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 of the 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard

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New School St. Louis Criminals

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الحادي و. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. لكن, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Chief Desmond said

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Abe Attell and St. Louis Boxing

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1802 N. Jefferson Gone

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1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Louis Place neighborhood. I originally wrote about the building in 2013 but it was demolished sometime before March 2015. The building is part of an area being developed for a government complex in St. لويس, so it was not able to be saved. These pictures are

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