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Posts about miscellaneous history.
Avgusta 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. V 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. V 1847, the
Oliver Leonard Kirk ima razliko, da so le olimpijski boksar osvojiti zlato medaljo v dveh ločenih razredov teže na istih olimpijskih igrah. Oliver Kirk doseči ta podvig na svojem domačem kraju olimpijskih igrah v 1904. St. Louis gostil že tretji olimpijadi v 1904 Svetovni sejem Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Septembra 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. Za let, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, hči uglednega francoskega družini in v času, ko lokalni avtorja, zgrudil na St. Louis 1904 Svetovna razstava avgusta 20, 1904. Madame Chopin je bil le 54 stara let in utrpel možgansko krvavitev ali anevrizme. Umrla je na svojem domu na aveniji McPherson na avgust 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Novembra 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard in Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 otroci. St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 let, 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
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. Vendar, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionalno bojevanje v 19. stoletju je zunaj uživalo slab ugled
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
Decembra 1, 1938 pri 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 let. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
Zgradbe so le kupi desk in opek brez zgodb, ki so nanje vezane. During November 1912, St. Louisovega policista Arthurja Huddlestona je ubil pogojni morilec Albert Whitefield. Whitefield je presenetil svojo zunajzakonsko ženo, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for