Man Kills Middleweight King

スタンリー・ケッチェル-1910

After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 年, 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. ルイ

率直-ゴッチ

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 “ハック” セント中. Louis during the 1904 世界博覧会. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. ルイ, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

ケイト・ショパン

ケイト·ショパン, 著名なフランス人家族のと時間現地著者の娘, セントで崩壊. ルイ 1904 8月に世界博覧会 20, 1904. マダムショパンだけだった 54 歳脳出血や動脈瘤を被っ. 彼女は8月にマクファーソンアベニューの自宅で死去 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.

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Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 年

大司教ピーター・リチャード・ケンリック

8月 17, 1891, ST. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. で 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. ルイ. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. で 1847, ザ·

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オリバーカークと 1904 ST. ルイ·オリンピック

オリバー・カーク・セントルイス・ボクサー

オリバーレナードカークは、同じオリンピック2つの別々の重量クラスで金メダルを獲得する唯一のオリンピックのボクサーであることの区別を持っている. オリバーカークは、彼の故郷オリンピックでこの偉業を成し遂げた 1904. ST. ルイの間に第三のオリンピックを開催しました 1904 世界博覧会博覧会. Like the Paris Games four years before, ST. Louis gave

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

ジョージ・バティスト

9月 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. 長年, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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110 感謝祭に水·カップル 1902

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水曜日に, 11月 26, 1902, 110 カップルはセントに到着. ルイ結婚許可証の局が正式に感謝祭に結婚する. ザ· 110 カップルは、前のレコードセットを壊した 1901. このレコードはまた、唯一まで1年間放置だろう 1903. で開始 9 A.M. となるまで継続 5 午後, Recorder Hahn issued license after license as three ministers

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Ned O’Baldwin Shot

ネッド・オバルドウィン・プライズファイター

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. <スパンbbox_x = "14" fweight = "3"赤= "255"緑= "255"青= "255"アルファ= "=" 244 "bbox_y =" 627 "bbox_w =" 56 "bbox_h =" 20 "FSIZE, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. 19 世紀のプロの格闘技は、国外では悪い評判を博していました。

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Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

セオドア・ルーズベルト・笑顔

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. <スパンbbox_x = "14" fweight = "3"赤= "255"緑= "255"青= "255"アルファ= "=" 244 "bbox_y =" 627 "bbox_w =" 56 "bbox_h =" 20 "FSIZE, 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 and the St. Louis Machine

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When it comes to machine politics and organized crime, Kansas City has always outshone St. ルイ. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City was also home to several high-profile gangland shootings. ST. ルイ’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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