Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 év, 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” St. Louis during the 1904 Világkiállításon. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 Chicagóban,

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Oliver Kirk és a 1904 St. Louis Olimpia

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Oliver Leonard Kirk a különbséget, hogy az egyetlen olimpiai ökölvívó nyerni aranyérmet két külön súlycsoportban ugyanabban olimpián. Oliver Kirk megvalósította ezt bravúr az ő szülővárosában olimpián 1904. St. Louis adott otthont a harmadik Olimpia alatt 1904 Világkiállításon kiállítás. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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110 Couples Wed on Thanksgiving 1902

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Szerdán, November 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. A 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 délután, 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. Viszont, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. A 19. századi hivatásos harcok ezen kívül rossz hírnévnek örvendtek

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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. Viszont, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt hadügyminiszterét és a Fülöp-szigetek korábbi kormányzóját választotta

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Boss Butler és a St. Louis Machine

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Amikor a gép a politika és a szervezett bűnözés, Kansas City mindig is túlszárnyalta St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City is otthont ad számos nagy horderejű alvilági lövöldözés. St. Louis’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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