წმინდა. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The

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Behind the Mask (1946)

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Monogram Pictures released Behind the Mask (1946), the second of three films (შვილობილი ლინკები) based on the popular Shadow radio program, on May 25, 1946. “B” Film leading actor Kane Richmond returns as Lamont Cranston, the alter ego of the mysterious Shadow. The film begins by following the activities a blackmailing newspaper reporter Jeff Mann, played by James Cardwell. შემდეგ

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Criminal Shoots Officer Printz

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On the evening of June 1, 1879, წმინდა. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ 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. როდესაც

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Ira Cooper აეხადა ფულადი გზავნილები Theft,en

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თებერვალი 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. თავდაპირველად, 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. ლუი პოლიციის დეპარტამენტი. When the bank association turned over the

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უილიამ Muldoon, Physical Culture Legend

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მე პირველად წაკითხვის შესახებ William Muldoon in ბიოგრაფიული John L. Sullivan, ბოლო შიშველი knuckle Heavyweight ჩემპიონი. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. ბოლო ძირითადი შიშველი knuckle bout იბრძოდა by Sullivan წინააღმდეგ Jake Kilrain in 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. ის იყო

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The 14 Mosblechs

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Recently, 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 გამოცემა წმინდა. 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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წმინდა. 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. However, 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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In 2010, წმინდა. Louis იყო 58 უდიდესი ქალაქი ამერიკის შეერთებულ შტატებში და მე -19 უდიდესი მიტროპოლიტი ტერიტორიაზე. გარშემო მხრივ საუკუნის, ეს იყო მეხუთე ან მეექვსე უმსხვილესი ქალაქი ამერიკის შეერთებულ შტატებში და უდიდესი დასავლეთით მდინარე მისისიპის. წმინდა. Louis ჰქონდა ერთი უდიდესი ტანსაცმელი, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in

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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 ადგილი სამეზობლოში. 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. Louis, so it was not able to be saved. These pictures are

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