Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 Jahre, 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. Louis

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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 “Hack” in St. Louis during the 1904 Weltausstellung. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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Kate Chopin, Tochter eines prominenten Französisch Familie und zu der Zeit lokale Autor, an der St zusammengebrochen. Louis 1904 Weltausstellung August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin war nur 54 Jahre alt und erlitt eine Gehirnblutung oder Aneurysma. Sie starb in ihrem Haus auf McPherson Avenue August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.

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Oliver Kirk und die 1904 St. Louis Olympia

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Oliver Leonard Kirk hat die Unterscheidung des Seins der einzige Olympia-Boxer eine Goldmedaille in zwei Gewichtsklassen in den gleichen Olympischen Spielen. Oliver Kirk diese Leistung in seiner Heimatstadt Olympischen Spiele in 1904. St. Louis Gastgeber des dritten Olympiade während der 1904 Weltausstellung Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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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. Jahrelang, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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110 Paare am Thanksgiving Mi 1902

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Am Mittwoch, November 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. Die 110 couples broke the previous record set in 1901. This record would also only stand for one year until 1903. Beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing until 5 p.m., 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. Jedoch, 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. Jedoch, 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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Boss Butler und die St. Louis-Maschine

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Wenn es um die Maschine Politik und organisierter Kriminalität kommt, Kansas City war schon immer überstrahlt St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City war auch die Heimat von mehreren hochkarätigen gangland shootings. St. Louis’ zuletzt das organisierte Verbrechen wurde Führer für Spielkarten festgenommen. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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