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. Odjel Louis Metropolitan policije. 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. Siječnja

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G.. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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On July 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Prijedlog “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. G.. Moto uzima odmor pronalazi Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. G.. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, namjerava

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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis

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U petak, Listopad 14, and Saturday, Listopad 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. 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. Jedan od mehanizama koje su države koristile za prikupljanje naknada za ceste

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Oliver Kirk i 1904 St. Louis OI

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Oliver Leonard Kirk ima razlike kao jedini olimpijski boksač koji je osvojio zlatnu medalju u dva odvojena težinske kategorije na istim Olimpijskim igrama. Oliver Kirk postigao ovaj podvig u svom rodnom gradu na Olimpijskim igrama u 1904. St. Louis vrijeme bila domaćin trećeg Olimpijade 1904 Svjetskom sajmu Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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“Terrible” Terry Dies in Charity Hospital

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U veljači 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. Međutim, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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