Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 yıl, 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 “Kesmek” St. Louis during the 1904 Dünya Fuarı. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 Yıl

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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. Içinde 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. Içinde 1847, the

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Oliver ve Kirk 1904 St. Louis Olimpiyatları

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Oliver Leonard Kirk aynı Olimpiyat Oyunlarında iki ayrı ağırlık sınıflarında altın madalya kazanan tek Olimpiyat boksör olma özelliğini taşıyor. Oliver Kirk memleketi Olimpiyatları bu başarıyı 1904. St. Louis döneminde üçüncü Olimpiyatlarına ev sahipliği yaptı 1904 Dünya Fuarı Fuarı. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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110 Couples Wed on Thanksgiving 1902

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Çarşamba günü, Kasım 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 akşam, 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. Ancak, 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. Ancak, 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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Patron Butler ve St. Louis Makinası

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Bu makine siyaset ve organize suçla gelince, Kansas City hep St outshone etti. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City birçok yüksek profilli çete çekimleri de ev oldu. St. Louis’ Geçen organize suç örgütü lideri iskambil için tutuklandı. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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