Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Adran Heddlu Metropolitan Louis. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. Ar Ionawr

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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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Ar Orffennaf 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Cynnig “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Mae Moto yn Cymryd Gwyliau yn dod o hyd i Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Mr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, yn bwriadu

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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis

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Ar ddydd Gwener, Hydref 14, and Saturday, Hydref 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. Mae'r 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

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My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. Un o'r mecanweithiau a ddefnyddir gan lywodraethau i gasglu ffioedd ar gyfer ffyrdd

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Oliver Kirk a 1904 St. Gemau Olympaidd Louis

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Oliver Leonard Kirk sydd â'r fraint o fod yr unig bocsiwr Olympaidd i ennill medal aur mewn dau ddosbarth pwysau ar wahân yn yr un Gemau Olympaidd. Gyflawni Oliver Kirk camp hwn yn ei dref enedigol Gemau Olympaidd yn 1904. St. Cynnal Louis y trydydd Olympiad yn ystod y 1904 Dangosiad Ffair y Byd yn. Fel y Gemau Paris bedair blynedd cyn, St. Louis gave

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“Terrible” Terry Dies in Charity Hospital

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On February 22, 1918, former World Bantamweight and Featherweight Boxing Champion “Terrible” Terry McGovern died in New York City’s Kings County Hospital. McGovern checked in a few days earlier with what McGovern thought was a severe upper respiratory infection. Fodd bynnag,, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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