سینٹ. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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نومبر 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. لوئس”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. لوئس, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. سینٹ. 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 کے” لیوس, 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 (الحاق لنک) based on the popular Shadow radio program, on May 25, 1946. “بی” 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. کے بعد

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Criminal Shoots Officer Printz

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On the evening of June 1, 1879, سینٹ. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. لوئس’ 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. لوئس. ابتدائی طور پر, 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. لوئس پولیس ڈیپارٹمنٹ. When the bank association turned over the

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ولیم Muldoon, Physical Culture Legend

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I first read about William Muldoon in a biography of John L. سلیوان, 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. انہوں نے کہا تھا

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The 14 Mosblechs

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حال ہی میں, 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 سینٹ کے ایڈیشن. 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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سینٹ. 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. تاہم, 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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میں 2010, سینٹ. لوئس امریکہ میں 58th سب سے بڑا شہر اور 19th سب سے بڑا میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ تھا. صدی کے موڑ کے ارد گرد, یہ امریکہ میں پانچویں یا چھٹے سب سے بڑا شہر اور مسیسپی دریا کا سب سے بڑا مغربی تھا. سینٹ. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in

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1802 ن. Jefferson Gone

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1802 ن. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. لوئس پلیس پڑوس. 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. لوئس, so it was not able to be saved. These pictures are

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