Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
Posts de historia miscellanea.
George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. Ludovicus’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. On August 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
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. Autem, 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
Johnny Reagan erat maximus pugnator Sancti. Ludovici pugilatum scena in prima decade saeculi XX. Primum a Brooklyn, Reagan ad Sancti. Ludovici instituendi sub Jack McKenna. McKenna suam operationem ex St. Ludovicus, ubi eius pugnator imprimis apud Sancti. Ludovicus’ Occidentem finem Club. Reagan orientem bantamweight tempore
On August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Ludovicus. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. In 1847, in
Oliver Leonardus distinguendum est de ecclesia, non esse in Olympia aurum numisma in missa, ad duo esse genera in eodem pondere Olympia. Caesar Olympo in ecclesia, hoc facinus in patria sua 1904. St. Louis de, populus in olympiade 1904 Mundus est scriptor Pulchra, Enarrationes. Ut Paris turpis ante quadriennium, St. Louis gave
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. Per multos annos, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, a prominent Galli filia prosapia et tempus auctor tincidunt, corruit in St. Ludovicus 1904 Mauris Pulchra Augusti 20, 1904. Madame esset Chopin 54 vel annis, et dimisit eam febris, a cerebro aneurjsmatico. Et mortua est in domo sua in McPherson Avenue in August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Novembres 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Ludovicus”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Ludovicus, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, And Eduard Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 filii. In S.. Aloisii archidioecesis ecclesiam dedicavit
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 annis, 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
Ut enim ad crimen publicae machina, Kansas urbem semper superabat St. Ludovicus. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas urbem quoque domum ad plures summus profile gangland shootings. St. Ludovicus’ postremo crimen duce captus fuit pro ludens cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around