Oliver Kirk un 1904 St. Louis Olimpiskās spēles

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Oliver Leonard Kirk ir atšķirība, ka tikai Olympic bokseris uzvarēt zelta medaļu divām atsevišķām svara kategorijām tajās pašās olimpiskajās spēlēs. Oliver Kirk paveikt šo varoņdarbu savā dzimtajā pilsētā olimpiskajām spēlēm 1904. St. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 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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Septembrī 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. Jau gadiem, 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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Novembrī 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 children. St. Luija arhidiecēze iesvētīja baznīcu

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Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 gadiem, 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. Tomēr, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionālās cīņas 19. gadsimtā baudīja sliktu reputāciju ārpus tās

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Boss Butler un St. Louis Machine

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Kad runa ir par mašīnu politiku un organizēto noziedzību, Kansas City vienmēr ir outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City ir arī mājvieta vairākiem augsta profila gangland šaušanu. St. Louis’ pēdējā organizētā noziedzība līderis bija arestēts par spēļu kārtis. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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George Baptiste Dies

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Decembrī 1, 1938 pie 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 gadiem. 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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Slepkavība plkst 2912 Vašingtona

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Ēkas ir tikai kaudzēm dēļiem un ķieģeļiem bez stāstiem, kas ir pievienoti tiem. Novembrī 1912, St. Louis policijas darbinieks Artūrs Huddleston tika nogalināts ar paroled slepkavu Albert Whitefield. Whitefield bija pārsteigts viņa kopdzīves sieva, kurš bija izklaides citu Gentleman zvanītājam. Whitefield mēģināja viņu nogalināt pirms diviem St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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