Oliver Kirk e o 1904 St. Louis Olimpíadas

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Oliver Leonard Kirk tem a distinção de ser o único boxeador olímpico a ganhar uma medalha de ouro em duas categorias de peso diferentes nos mesmos Jogos Olímpicos. Oliver Kirk conseguido este feito em sua cidade natal Olimpíadas de 1904. St. Louis sediou a terceira Olimpíada durante o 1904 Exposição Feira Mundial. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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Em setembro de 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. Durante anos, 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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Em novembro 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. O St. A Arquidiocese de Louis dedicou a igreja

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Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 anos, 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. However, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. A luta profissional no século 19 gozava de má reputação fora do país.

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Chefe Butler eo St. Louis Máquina

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Quando se trata de política de máquinas e crime organizado, Kansas City sempre ofuscado St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City também foi o lar de vários tiroteios entre quadrilhas de alto perfil. St. Louis’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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George Baptiste Dies

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Em dezembro de 1, 1938 em 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 anos de idade. 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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Assassinato em 2912 Washington

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Os edifícios são apenas pilhas de tábuas e tijolos sem as histórias que lhes estão ligadas.. During November 1912, St. O policial de Louis, Arthur Huddleston, foi morto pelo assassino em liberdade condicional Albert Whitefield. Whitefield surpreendeu sua esposa, 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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