The Big House on Cook Avenue

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A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. لوئیس, میسوری. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. امروز, 4200 Cook is

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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)

جان هوارد بولداگ دراموند

In his first time playing the role of Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond, John Howard plays the captain desperately trying to rescue his kidnapped fiancé’. Paramount Pictures released Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (لینک های وابسته) در سپتامبر 24, 1937. Prior to John Howard taking over the role, Ronald Coleman and Ralph Richardson both played the fictional British hero. The film begins with

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خیابان. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, یا 1904 خیابان. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. لوئیس, Missouri history. While St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,

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Wrestler Beats Jujitsu Man

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On St. Patrick’s Day, مارس 17, 1905, خیابان. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning

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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. لوئیس

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در روز جمعه, اکتبر 14, and Saturday, اکتبر 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. لوئیس, MO. خیابان. Louis was well-represented in

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Legend of Chief Two Feathers

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در تاریخ دسامبر 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the

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The Bashful Bachelor (1942)

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در ماه مارس 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) (لینک های وابسته) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. در این فیلم, longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero

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Gentleman Jim KOs Boston Strong Boy

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جان L. Sullivan had dominated the prize ring during his career. Possessing a record of 40 wins, no losses and two draws, “پسر قوی بوستون” was considered invincible. Sullivan won the world championship in 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. After defeating Kilrain in this epic bout, جان L.

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Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

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روز چهارشنبه, مه 9, 1900, در روز دوم از خیابان. لوئیس اتوبوسی به اعتصاب, گلوله ولگرد کشته فرانک Liebrecht. فرانک Liebrecht, یک جانباز جنگ آمریکا و اسپانیا, تماشای یک تظاهرات اعتصاب در گوشه ای از فینی و N. خیابان تیلور. در این تجمع, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

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