Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 ani, 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 “Salahor” în St. Louis during the 1904 Fair lume. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 în Chicago,

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Oliver Kirk și 1904 St. Louis Jocurile Olimpice

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Oliver Leonard Kirk are distincția de a fi singurul boxer olimpic de a câștiga o medalie de aur în două categorii de greutate diferite în aceleași Jocurile Olimpice. Oliver Kirk realizat acest feat în orașul său natal Jocurile Olimpice din 1904. St. Louis a găzduit de-a treia Olimpiada timpul 1904 World Fair Exposition. Cum ar fi Jocurile de la Paris cu patru ani înainte, St. Louis gave

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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Septembrie 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. De ani de zile, 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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Miercuri, Noiembrie 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. The 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 p.m., 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. Totuși, 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. Totuși, 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. Louis. 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. Louis’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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