Combat kev ua si Historian thiab Martial Artist
Posts about miscellaneous history.
Johnny Reagan yog ib qho tseem ceeb fighter hauv lub St. Louis boxing scene thaum thawj xyoo caum ntawm lub xyoo pua 20th. Muas thaum chiv thawj ntawm Brooklyn, Reagan nyuam qhuav txav los rau St. Louis los qhia nyob rau hauv Jack McKenna. McKenna raws li nws lub lag luam tawm hauv St. Louis, Qhov twg nws fighter feem ntau fought ntawm St. Louis’ Hnub poob xaus qws. Reagan yog ib tug microscopic bantamweight thaum lub sij hawm
Rau lub yim hli ntuj 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter cai Richard Kenrick lom nws 85th xyoos thiab cov tsib caug xyoo li lub taub hau rau ntawm cov me nyuam. Lub tsev teev ntuj Louis Catholic. Nyob rau hauv 1841, Kenrick muaj koomhaum ua Coadjutor Bishop ntawm cov me nyuam. Louis. Thaum me nyuam. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati nyob Rome thaum tuag 1843, Bishop Kenrick yog koomhaum Bishop ntawm cov me nyuam. Louis Diocese. Nyob rau hauv 1847, tus
Nyob rau lub Cuaj hlis 15, 1919, St. Louis pej xeem sawv los nyeem txog tus tuag ntawm ib tug ntawm lawv cov pej xeem hiob, Alexander Baptiste. Yog ob peb lub hlis ua ntej nws 101st los yog 102nd xyoos nyob ntawm qhov twg koj ntseeg tau tias, Alexander Baptiste kis kom deb ntawm cov hnyuv mob hauv cov hnyuv. Lub xyoo, Alexander twb hu ua ib qhov fittest St. Louisans. Tus kws lij choj thaum ntxov
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 1908, peb bishops thiab ib abbot St nplooj siab. Francis de Sales Church, “cov Cathedral rau sab qab zog me nyuam. Louis”. Ua tau los pab cov neeg nyob German Catholic cog hauv St. Louis, lub tsev teev ntuj loj loj yuav tau ua rau ntau tsev neeg xws li kuv yawg tsev, Eduard thiab Magdalena Mosblech, thiab lawv 14 cov me nyuam. Cov me nyuam. Louis Archdiocese nplooj siab lub tsev teev ntuj
Nyob rau thaum lub peb hlis ntuj 1873, yas tes mus khaws prizefighter Ned “Cov Irish loj heev” O'Baldwin yog npaj rau ib tug neeg match nrog Jem Mace, uas tau thov lub ntiaj teb mus khaws khauj tsiav Prizefighting Championship. Txawm li cas los, ua ntej O'Baldwin yuav fim Mace, nws txais kev pab raws li muaj ob tus phooj ywg thiab koj txog haujlwm hu ua Hicken prizefighter. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
Tom qab thaj tsam 9 fights ib xyoos li yav tag los 7 xyoo, Ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing tau zus ib Stanley “Tus neeg tua neeg Michigan” Ketchel nyob sab lim. Ketchel muab ib so ntawm Missouri ranch ntawm nws cov phooj ywg R Vws. P. Dickerson nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev los tsam lub cav muab nws lub zog thiab tej yam txaus siab rau cov. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Thaum twg nws tuaj cuag tshuab txoj thiab cov kev ua txhaum organized, Kansas City yeej ib txwm outshone St. Louis. Kansas City Pendergast thoj tshuab pab teb Harry S. Truman hauv tsev dawb. Kansas City tseem nyob hauv tsev los ob peb qib high profile gangland shootings. St. Louis’ tus thawj coj xeem organized qhov kev ua txhaum yog ntes rau playing phaib. Peb ho muaj ib tog Democratic thoj tshuab ib ncig
Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 1, 1938 tom 5:15 PM, Qub kev wrestler thiab all-around ncaws Pob George Baptiste kis tseg ntawm 74 xyoo. Thaum enjoying robust lub zog nws lub neej tseem, Baptiste tus kws kho mob sab nws muaj mob cancer rau lub rau hli ntuj 1938. Tus kws kho mob ua rau Baptiste tab sis yog tsis tau tshem tag nrho cov mob cancer. Baptiste twb tau nyob ntawm nws lub teb chaws tsev
Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. Thaum lub kaum ib hlis 1912, St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, uas yog entertaining lwm chav txivneej hem. Whitefield sim tua nws ua ntej me nyuam ob. Louis tub ceev xwm Officers teb nws quaj rau
Thaum lub ob hlis ntuj 1901, St. Louis professional wrestler and local businessman George Baptiste reluctantly filed for divorce from his wife, Nellie May Baptiste, alleging desertion. It was actually the second time, Baptiste filed for divorce from Mrs. Baptiste. During the summer of 1896, Baptiste was vacationing in Millford, Connecticut. The 31-year-old was a powerful swimmer and all-around athlete in addition to