St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Al novembre 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 nens. El St. L'arxidiòcesi de Louis va dedicar l'església

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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Es va produir el Torneig Internacional de Lluita Lliure en dues fases entre maig 19, 1915 i desembre 31, 1915. Cinquanta lluitadors competiran en la primera fase del torneig com World grecoromana Campió Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. El segon lliurament va tenir 40 lluitadors inclosos ascendents i que vénen estrella Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. La

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Oficial de tiroteigs criminals Printz

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On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. No està clar si les accions de Charles Sanders van cridar l'atenció de Printz, o Printz acaba de topar amb Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz es va acostar a Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When

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The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945)

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Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives

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Juve versus Fantomas (1913)

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Juve vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are

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Two Ruffians Beat Officer

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On Thursday, Setembre 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. After trying to illicit payment, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assigned to the

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