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Posts about miscellaneous history.
Ngày 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Trong 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. Trong 1847, các
Oliver Leonard Kirk có phân biệt được các võ sĩ quyền Anh Olympic duy nhất để giành chiến thắng một huy chương vàng trong hai lớp trọng lượng riêng biệt trong Thế vận hội Olympic cùng. Oliver Kirk hoàn thành kỳ tích này ở quê nhà Thế vận hội 1904. St. Louis tổ chức Olympic thứ ba trong 1904 Hội chợ triển lãm thế giới. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Ngày 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. Trong nhiều năm qua, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, con gái của một gia đình người Pháp nổi tiếng và đồng thời tác giả địa phương, sụp đổ tại St. Louis 1904 Hội chợ thế giới vào ngày 20, 1904. Chỉ Madame Chopin là 54 tuổi bị xuất huyết não hoặc động mạch lựu. Bà qua đời tại nhà của cô trên McPherson Avenue vào ngày 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Vào ngày 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 and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 trẻ em. St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 năm, 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. Tuy nhiên, 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
Khi nói đến chính trị máy và tổ chức tội phạm, Kansas City đã luôn luôn tỏa sáng St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City cũng là nơi có nhiều vụ nổ súng xã hội đen cao cấp. St. Louis’ lãnh đạo tổ chức tội phạm cuối cùng đã bị bắt vì chơi bài. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
Ngày 1, 1938 khi 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 tuổi. 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
Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for