Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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Në nëntor 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 a.m. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Mundje në 1904 Olimpiada Verore në St. Louis

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Të premten, Tetor 14, and Saturday, Tetor 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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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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Kate Chopin, bijë e një familje të shquar francez dhe në kohën autorit lokale, shembur në St. Louis 1904 Panairi Botërore më August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ishte vetëm 54 vjeç dhe pësoi një hemoragji të trurit apo aneurizëm. Ajo vdiq në shtëpinë e saj në McPherson Avenue më August 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. Një nga mekanizmat që qeveritë përdorën për të mbledhur tarifat për rrugët

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Oliver Kirk dhe 1904 St. Louis Olympics

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Oliver Leonard Kirk has the distinction of being the only Olympic boxer to win a gold medal in two separate weight classes in the same Olympic Games. Oliver Kirk accomplished this feat at his hometown Olympics in 1904. St. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair 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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Në shkurt 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. Megjithatë, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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Shefi Desmond nabs palë pantallona

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William Desmond kap shumë hajdutë gjatë e tij 17 Karriera e vit si St. Louis Shefi i Detectives. Ai ka zhvilluar një reputacion mbarëkombëtar si “Thief konsumues”. Të hënën, Tetor 15, 1900, Shefi Desmond kap pantallona të një hajdut, por jo vetë hajdut. Jonas Washington hyri në oborrin e Shickle, Harrison dhe Howard Iron Foundry në rrugët 12 dhe Gratiot

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So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942)

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Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) më 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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