Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis

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Pada hari Jumaat, Oktober 14, and Saturday, Oktober 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. Yang 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, anak seorang keluarga Perancis yang terkenal dan pada masa yang penulis tempatan, runtuh pada St. Louis 1904 Pameran Dunia pada Ogos 20, 1904. Madame Chopin hanya 54 lama tahun dan mengalami pendarahan otak atau aneurism. Beliau meninggal dunia di rumahnya di McPherson Avenue pada Ogos 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. Salah satu mekanisme yang digunakan kerajaan untuk mengutip bayaran untuk jalan raya

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Oliver Kirk dan 1904 St. Louis Sukan Olimpik

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Oliver Leonard Kirk mempunyai kelebihan sebagai satu-satunya peninju Olimpik untuk memenangi pingat emas dalam dua kelas berat badan yang berasingan dalam yang sama Sukan Olimpik. Oliver Kirk dicapai lagu ini di kampung halamannya di Sukan Olimpik 1904. St. Louis menjadi tuan rumah Olimpik ketiga semasa 1904 Ekspo Pameran Dunia. 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. Walau bagaimanapun, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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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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