Oliver Kirk en die 1904 St. Louis Olimpiese Spele

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Oliver Leonard Kirk het die onderskeiding dat dit die enigste Olimpiese bokser 'n goue medalje te wen in twee afsonderlike gewig klasse in dieselfde Olimpiese Spele. Oliver Kirk vervul hierdie ding op sy tuisdorp Olimpiese Spele in 1904. St. Louis gasheer vir die derde Olimpiade gedurende die 1904 World's Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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Op September 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. Vir jare, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Op November 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 kinders. Die St. Louis Aartsbisdom het die kerk ingewy

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Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 jaar, 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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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. Egter, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professionele gevegte in die 19de eeu geniet 'n swak reputasie buite

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Baas Butler en die St. Louis masjien

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Wanneer dit kom by die masjien politiek en georganiseerde misdaad, Kansas City was nog altyd uitgestof St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City was ook die tuiste van verskeie hoë-profiel Gang skietery. St. Louis’ laaste georganiseerde misdaad leier in hegtenis geneem is vir die speel van kaarte. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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George Baptiste Dies

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Op Desember 1, 1938 op 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 jaar oud. 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

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Moord by 2912 Washington

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Geboue is net hope planke en bakstene sonder die stories wat daaraan geheg is. During November 1912, St. Arthur Huddleston, Louis-polisiebeampte, is deur die moordenaar Albert Whitefield vermoor. Whitefield het sy gemeenskaplike vrou verras, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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