Istoryen espò konba ak atis masyal
Posts about miscellaneous history.
Sou Out 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Nan 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. Nan 1847, nan
Oliver Leonard Kirk gen distenksyon an pou yo te sèlman boxer la Olympic pou pou genyen yon meday lò nan de klas pwa separe nan menm jwèt yo Olympic. Oliver Kirk akonpli feat sa a nan pwovens li kote l Olympics nan 1904. St. Louis anime twazyèm Olympiad la pandan la 1904 Mondyal la san Patipri Ekspozisyon. Menm jan ak jwèt yo Paris kat ane anvan, St. Louis gave
Sou Sèptanm 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. Pou ane, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, pitit fi nan yon fanmi enpòtan franse ak la nan moman otè lokal, tonbe nan St a. Louis 1904 San Patipri Mondyal la sou Out 20, 1904. Madame Chopin te sèlman 54 ane fin vye granmoun ak soufri yon emoraji nan sèvo oswa anevrism. Li te mouri nan kay la li sou McPherson Avenue sou Out 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Sou Novanm 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 children. St a. Louis Achidyosèz te dedye legliz la
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 ane, 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
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. Sepandan, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Batay pwofesyonèl nan 19yèm syèk la te jwi yon repitasyon pòv deyò nan
Lè li rive politik machin ak krim òganize, Kansas City te toujou outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City te tou lakay yo nan plizyè segondè-pwofil tire Gangland. St. Louis’ te dènye lidè krim òganize yo te arete pou jwe kat. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
Sou Desanm 1, 1938 nan 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 ane ki gen laj. 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
Bilding yo se jis pil ankadreman ak brik san istwa yo ki tache ak yo. During November 1912, St. Louis lapolis Arthur Huddleston te touye pa ansasen libète libète Albert Whitefield. Whitefield te sezi madanm li an komen, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for