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. Sa Septyembre 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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Noong Nobyembre 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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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis

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Sa Biyernes, Oktubre 14, and Saturday, Oktubre 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. Ang 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 na babae ng isang kitang-kitang Pranses pamilya at sa oras lokal na may-akda, na gumuho sa St. Louis 1904 Patas mundo noong Agosto 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ay lamang 54 taong gulang at pinagdudusahan ang isang utak pagdurugo o aneurism. Siya ay namatay sa kanyang tahanan sa McPherson Avenue noong Agosto 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. Isa sa mga mekanismong ginamit ng mga pamahalaan upang mangolekta ng mga bayarin para sa kalsada

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Oliver Kirk at ang 1904 St. Louis Olympics

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Oliver Leonard Kirk ay may pagkakaiba ng pagiging ang tanging Olympic boksingero upang manalo ang gintong medalya sa dalawang magkahiwalay na timbang klase sa parehong Laro sa Olympic. Oliver Kirk Nagagawa ito kahang-hangang gawa sa kanyang bayang kinalakhan Olympics sa 1904. St. Louis naka-host sa ikatlong Olympiad sa panahon ng 1904 Patas Exposition mundo. 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. Gayunman, 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 ng pantalon

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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”. Sa Monday, Oktubre 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 at 12th and Gratiot Streets

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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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