Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

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During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, St. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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Τον Νοέμβριο του 16, 1877, St. Louis Police Officer John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. The man later identified as Frank Rande entered Wright’s Pawnshop at about 9:30 π.μ. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Πάλη κατά το 1904 Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες στο St. Louis

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Την Παρασκευή, Οκτώβριος 14, and Saturday, Οκτώβριος 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. Ο 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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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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Kate Chopin, Η κόρη ενός εξέχοντος γαλλική οικογένεια και την τοπική ώρα συγγραφέα, κατέρρευσε στο St. Louis 1904 Παγκόσμια Έκθεση Αυγούστου 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ήταν μόνο 54 ετών και υπέστη εγκεφαλική αιμορραγία ή ανεύρυσμα. Πέθανε στο σπίτι της στη Λεωφόρο McPherson τον Αύγουστο 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.

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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. Ένας από τους μηχανισμούς που χρησιμοποιούσαν οι κυβερνήσεις για την είσπραξη τελών για το δρόμο

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Oliver Kirk και η 1904 St. Louis Olympics

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Oliver Leonard Kirk έχει τη διάκριση της ύπαρξης το μόνο ολυμπιακό μπόξερ για να κερδίσει ένα χρυσό μετάλλιο σε δύο διαφορετικές κατηγορίες βάρους στους ίδιους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες. Oliver Kirk καταφέρει αυτόν τον άθλο γενέτειρά του Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες στο 1904. St. Louis φιλοξένησε την τρίτη Ολυμπιάδα κατά τη διάρκεια της 1904 Κόσμο Fair Έκθεση. Like the Paris Games four years before, 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. Ωστόσο, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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Chief Desmond Nabs Pair of Pants

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William Desmond nabbed many thieves during his 17 year career as St. Louis Chief of Detectives. He developed a nationwide reputation as “The Thief Taker”. Την Δευτέρα, Οκτώβριος 15, 1900, Chief Desmond nabbed the pants of a thief but not the thief himself. Jonas Washington entered the yard of Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry στις οδούς 12th and Gratiot

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So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942)

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Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) on April 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career

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Story of Square Barrow

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In the distant past, one of the new holders of a teacher’s certificate in a traditional martial art brought a wheel barrow with round wheels for approval to the head of the style and his top two instructors. Previously, the wheel barrow had square tires and was referred to as a square barrow. The student waited with expectation as the

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