Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Posts about miscellaneous history.
Roedd Johnny Reagan yn ymladdwr pwysig yn ardal St. Golygfa focsio Louis yn ystod degawd cyntaf yr 20fed Ganrif. Yn wreiddiol o Brooklyn, Symudodd Reagan i St. Louis i hyfforddi o dan Jack McKenna. Seiliodd McKenna ei lawdriniaeth allan o St. Louis, lie yr ymladdodd ei ymladdwr yn benaf yn St. Louis’ Clwb West End. Roedd Reagan yn bwysau bantam cynyddol ar y pryd
On August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Yn 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. Yn 1847, the
On September 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. Ar gyfer blynyddoedd, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Ar Dachwedd 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 plant. St. Louis Archesgobaeth cysegru yr eglwys
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. Fodd bynnag,, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Roedd ymladd proffesiynol yn y 19eg Ganrif yn mwynhau enw gwael y tu allan i
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 blynyddoedd, 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
Pan ddaw i wleidyddiaeth beiriant a throseddau cyfundrefnol, Kansas City bob amser wedi outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Roedd Kansas City hefyd yn gartref i nifer o shootings gangiau proffil uchel. St. Louis’ arweinydd troseddau cyfundrefnol diwethaf ei arestio am chwarae cardiau. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
Ar Ragfyr 1, 1938 yn 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 mlwydd oed. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
During February 1901, St. Louis professional wrestler and local businessman George Baptiste reluctantly filed for divorce from his wife, Nellie May Baptiste, alleging desertion. It was actually the second time, Baptiste filed for divorce from Mrs. Baptiste. During the summer of 1896, Baptiste was vacationing in Millford, Connecticut. The 31-year-old was a powerful swimmer and all-around athlete in addition to