St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Novembra 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 a Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. St. 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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Policajt z trestného strieľania 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. Nie je jasné, či akcie Charlesa Sandersa pritiahli Printzovu pozornosť, alebo Printz práve narazil na Sandersa. Whatever the circumstances, Printz podišiel k Sandersovi, 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) Louis je Feuillade druhý filmová adaptácia populárneho seriálu zločinu Marcell Allain a Pierre Souvestre. René Navarre hrá úlohu Fantomas a jeho mnohých prezývok. Edmund Breon opíše Inšpektor Juve. George Melchior hrá úlohu Jerome Fandor, mladý novinár, ktorý pomáha Juve v jeho vyšetrovaní Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are

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Two Ruffians Beat Officer

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On Thursday, September 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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