Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Txawm li cas los, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 1897, cov me nyuam. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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Lub tsev loj nyob ua noj Avenue

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122 xyoo cib tsev dominates lub scene txoj ntawm kaum kev Whittier Street thiab ua noj Avenue hauv St. Louis, Missouri. Builders tsa cov 2378 mus ko taw square lub tsev nyob rau hauv 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. Thaum ntej los ua, 4200 Ua noj yuav tsum tau ib qho chaw impressive. Hnub no, 4200 Cook is

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Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman (1911-1936)

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Kuv yawg Frank O. Zimmerman cov nus hiob yog Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman. Lawv twb laus ib half-brothers plaub thiab muam/viv ncaus thiab ib tus tuag half-sister tiamsis Harry yog tus me nyuam thawj zaug ntawm Parker L. Zimmerman thiab nws niam minyuam. Yawg yuav tsum yug los yuav 28, 1913. Harry is a bit of a mystery as he died around the

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Dick Tracy vs. Qhov kev ua txhaum, Inc. (1941)

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Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 27, 1941, Koom pheej duab thiaj tso cov thawj tshooj ntawm cov plaub Dick Tracy serial, Dick Tracy vs. Qhov kev ua txhaum, Inc. (1941). ib zaug ntxiv, Ralph Byrd ua si Detective Dick Tracy. Hauv no series, Dick Tracy ua haujlwm nrog “Tus Commission” mus ua mob phem tab sis suspects yog ib tus tswv cuab cov commission yog mysterious dab. Tus dab henchman Lucifer, ua si

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Origin Stories: Fact or Fiction?

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When I first started training in martial arts in 1995, the stories tied to the founding of most martial arts were pretty fantastic with superhuman feats of physical prowess and fighting ability attributed to their founders. Whether Kung Fu, Karate or Judo, the founder took the skills learned in previous martial arts, modified it and defeated everyone. These claims are

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St. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, los sis 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri keeb kwm. Nrhiav cov me nyuam. Louis nyob lub nroog west of tus hav dej Mississippi River coob, lub ntiaj teb 's Fair muab tso rau hauv daim ntawv qhia thoob ntiaj teb. Thaum lub fair yuav nqa notoriety, tourists thiab muaj nyiaj rau hauv nroog,

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Lum thiab Abner tuaj rau zaj duab xis

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Ntawm 1931 mus 1954, Lum thiab Abner nyob hauv khiab lub chaw ntawm cov nyiam tuaj qhia tau hais tias thaum lub sij hawm xov tooj cua qub era. Chester Lauck thiab Norris Goff kawm Arkansas lub tsev kawm ntawv ua ke. Lauck thiab Goff tom qab no lawv pom tias Lum thiab Abner raws li lub neej nyob rau Arkansas. Tus yeeb yam ntaus ib tug qaum nrog ntau listeners. My wife’s grandmother once told

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Card Night at the Ellis Home

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Lub caij 1960s thiab 1970s thaum ntxov, Kuv yawg uas siv los host lub hli daim card tog nrog peb tug Grandma Ellis’ vivncaus thiab lawv tej txiv. Tony dab laug thiab cov niam hlob Agnes Giraudo, Oscar dab laug thiab cov niam hlob Dorothy Von Berg nrog rau daim duab dab laug thiab cov niam hlob Betty Clemmings yuav koom Grandma thiab yawg mus ua si Pinochle. Each family would host one

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Wrestling ntawm tus 1904 Lub caij ntuj so Olympics hauv St. Louis

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Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 14, thiab hnub Saturday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers nyob rau hauv 7 ceeb thawj kawm ntawm thawj ua Olympic si contested nyob hauv lub freestyle wrestling txujci. Ua ntej Olympic ua si nyob contested hauv lub Greco-Roman style ntawm wrestling. Tus 1904 Lub caij ntuj so Olympics yog nyob rau cov tau nrog cov 1904 World's Fair rau cov me nyuam. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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