St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Em novembro 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. O St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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O Torneio Internacional de Wrestling ocorreu em duas fases, entre maio 19, 1915 e Dezembro 31, 1915. Cinqüenta wrestlers iria competir na primeira fase do torneio, incluindo o Campeão do Mundo Greco-romana Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. A segunda parcela tinha 40 lutadores, incluindo para cima e próximos estrela Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. O

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Behind the Mask (1946)

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Monogram Pictures released Behind the Mask (1946), the second of three films (link de afiliado) 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. After

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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. Louis. Inicialmente, 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. Louis Departamento de Polícia. When the bank association turned over the

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William Muldoon, Physical Culture Legend

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Comecei a ler sobre William Muldoon em uma biografia de John L. Sullivan, o último Bare Knuckle campeão dos pesos pesados. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. O último grande ataque nua junta foi travada por Sullivan contra Jake Kilrain em 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. Ele era

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