Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 tahun, 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 “Terjangan” di St. Louis during the 1904 Pameran Dunia. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 Tahun

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Pada Agustus 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Di 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. Di 1847, itu

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Oliver Kirk dan 1904 St. Louis Olimpiade

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Oliver Leonard Kirk memiliki perbedaan menjadi satu-satunya petinju Olimpiade untuk memenangkan medali emas dalam dua kelas berat terpisah di Olimpiade yang sama. Oliver Kirk mencapai prestasi ini di kampung halamannya di Olimpiade 1904. St. Louis menjadi tuan rumah Olimpiade ketiga selama 1904 Pameran Dunia Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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Pada 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. Selama bertahun-tahun, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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110 Couples Wed on Thanksgiving 1902

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On Wednesday, November 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. Itu 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 sore, 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. However, 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. However, 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 dan St. Louis Machine

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Ketika datang ke mesin politik dan kejahatan terorganisir, Kansas City selalu outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City juga rumah bagi beberapa geng penembakan high-profile. St. Louis’ pemimpin kejahatan terorganisir lalu ditangkap karena bermain kartu. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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