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. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. 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. Januari

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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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Julai 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Mwendo “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto Inachukua Likizo yapata Bw. 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, inakusudia

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Wrestling saa 1904 Michezo ya Olimpiki katika St. Louis

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Siku ya Ijumaa, Oktoba 14, na Jumamosi, Oktoba 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers katika 7 madarasa uzito walikutana katika kwanza Michezo ya Olimpiki kugombea katika njia freestyle mieleka. Kabla ya Michezo ya Olimpiki walikuwa kugombea katika style Greco-Roman kumenyana. The 1904 Olimpiki ya ulifanyika kwa kushirikiana na 1904 Dunia Fair katika 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. Moja ya njia ambazo serikali ilitumia kukusanya ada za barabara

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Oliver Kirk na 1904 St. Louis michezo ya Olimpiki

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Oliver Leonard Kirk kinaweza kuwa tu ya Olimpiki boxer kushinda medali ya dhahabu katika mbili tofauti madarasa uzito katika huo Michezo ya Olimpiki. Oliver Kirk yametimia feat hii katika mji wake michezo ya Olimpiki katika 1904. St. Louis mwenyeji Olympiad ya tatu wakati wa 1904 Dunia Fair Ufafanuzi. Kama Michezo Paris miaka minne kabla ya, 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. Hata hivyo, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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