Man Kills Middleweight King

ستانلي كيتشل 1910

After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 سنوات, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. لويس

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Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “هاك” في سانت. Louis during the 1904 معرض في العالم. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. لويس, the match would not occur until 1908 في شيكاغو,

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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كيت شوبان, ابنة عائلة فرنسية بارزة، وفي الوقت المؤلف المحلية, انهارت في سانت. لويس 1904 معرض في العالم على أغسطس 20, 1904. كان شوبان سيدتي فقط 54 سنة ويعاني من نزيف في الدماغ أو تمدد الأوعية الدموية. توفيت في منزلها في شارع ماكفرسون على أغسطس 22, 1904. ولدت كيت كيت شوبان أوفلاهرتي في سانت.

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Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 Years

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آب 17, 1891, الحادي و. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. <تمتد bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1385" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = " 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. لويس. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. <تمتد bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1385" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = " 1847, ال

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أوليفر كيرك و 1904 الحادي و. اولمبياد لويس

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أوليفر ليونارد كيرك لديه تميزت بأنها الملاكم الاولمبي فقط للفوز بالميدالية الذهبية في فئتين الوزن منفصلة في دورة الالعاب الاولمبية نفسه. أوليفر كيرك إنجاز هذا العمل الفذ في دورة الالعاب الاولمبية في مسقط رأسه 1904. الحادي و. استضافت الأولمبياد لويس الثالث خلال 1904 المعرض العادلة في العالم. مثل ألعاب باريس قبل أربع سنوات, الحادي و. Louis gave

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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في أيلول 15, 1919, الحادي و. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. لسنوات, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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110 Couples Wed on Thanksgiving 1902

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يوم الاربعاء, نوفمبر 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. ال 110 couples broke the previous record set in 1901. This record would also only stand for one year until 1903. Beginning at 9 صباحا إلى. and continuing until 5 مساءا, Recorder Hahn issued license after license as three ministers

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Ned O’Baldwin Shot

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In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. لكن, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of

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Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

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After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. لكن, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines

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مدرب بتلر وسانت. لويس آلة

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عندما يتعلق الأمر بالسياسة آلة والجريمة المنظمة, كانساس سيتي قد تفوقت دائما سانت. لويس. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. كان كانساس سيتي أيضا موطن لعدة عمليات إطلاق نار العصابات رفيعة المستوى. الحادي و. لويس’ اعتقل مشاركة زعيم الجريمة المنظمة للعب الورق. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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