Wrestler Saves Drowning Priest

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George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. Louis’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. Avqust 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.

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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. Lakin, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. 19-cu əsrdə peşəkar döyüş xaricdə zəif bir nüfuza sahib idi

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Conni Reyqan St. Louis

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Conni Reyqan Sankt-Peterburqda mühüm döyüşçü idi. 20-ci əsrin ilk onilliyində Louis boks səhnəsi. Əslən Bruklindən, Reyqan Sent-ə köçdü. Louis Jack McKenna altında məşq edəcək. McKenna əməliyyatını St. Louis, döyüşçünün ilk növbədə Sankt-Peterburqda döyüşdüyü yer. Louis’ West End klubu. Reyqan o dövrdə yüksələn bir çəki dərəcəsində idi

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Oliver Kirk və 1904 St. Louis Olympics

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Oliver Leonard Kirk eyni Olimpiya Oyunlarında iki ayrı çəkilərdə qızıl medal qazanmaq üçün yalnız Olimpiya boksçu olma xüsusiyyətini daşıyır. Oliver Kirk məmləkəti Olimpiadaları bu feat həyata 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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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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Sentyabrın 15, 1919, St. 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. Illərlə, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Noyabr 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 uşaq. The St. Louis Archdiocese kilsəni həsr etdi

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Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 il, 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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Boss Butler və St. Louis Machine

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Bu maşın siyasət və mütəşəkkil cinayətkarlığa gəldikdə, Kansas City həmişə St Outshone edib. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City bir neçə yüksək profilli gangland çəkilişləri ev idi. St. Louis’ Son mütəşəkkil cinayət təşkilatı lideri kartları üçün həbs edilib. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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