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Posts about miscellaneous history.
George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. లూయిస్’ 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. ఆగష్టు న 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. However, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. 19వ శతాబ్దంలో వృత్తిపరమైన పోరాటం వెలుపల పేలవమైన కీర్తిని పొందింది
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. లూయిస్, where his fighter primarily fought at St. లూయిస్’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
ఆగష్టు న 17, 1891, సెయింట్. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. లో 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. లూయిస్. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. లో 1847, the
Oliver Leonard Kirk has the distinction of being the only Olympic boxer to win a gold medal in two separate weight classes in the same Olympic Games. Oliver Kirk accomplished this feat at his hometown Olympics in 1904. సెయింట్. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, సెయింట్. Louis gave
On September 15, 1919, సెయింట్. 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. సంవత్సరాలు, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
కేట్ Chopin, ఒక ప్రముఖ ఫ్రెంచ్ కుటుంబం యొక్క మరియు సమయం స్థానిక రచయిత తన కూతురు, సెయింట్ పతనమైన. లూయిస్ 1904 ఆగష్టు న వరల్డ్స్ ఫెయిర్ 20, 1904. మేడం Chopin మాత్రమే 54 సంవత్సరాల వయస్సు మరియు ఒక మెదడు రక్తస్రావం ఉబ్బుట బాధపడ్డాడు. ఆగస్టు న McPherson అవెన్యూలో ఆమె ఇంటిలో మరణించాడు 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
నవంబర్ 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. లూయిస్”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. లూయిస్, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, ఎడ్వర్డ్ మరియు Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 పిల్లలు. సెయింట్. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 సంవత్సరాల, 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
When it comes to machine politics and organized crime, Kansas City has always outshone St. లూయిస్. 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. సెయింట్. లూయిస్’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around