Man Kills Middleweight King

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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

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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 “Thuê” trong St. Louis during the 1904 Hội chợ thế giới. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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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.

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Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 Năm

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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

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Oliver Kirk và 1904 St. Olympic Louis

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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

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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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

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110 Các cặp vợ chồng Wed vào Lễ Tạ Ơn 1902

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Hôm thứ Tư, Tháng Mười Một 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. Các 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 tội, 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. 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

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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. Tuy nhiên, 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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Ông chủ Butler và St. Louis Máy

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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

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