Oliver Kirk a 1904 St. Louis olympijské hry

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Oliver Leonard Kirk má vyznamenanie za bytia jediný olympijský boxer vyhrať zlatú medailu v dvoch rôznych váhových triedach v rovnakých olympijských hrách. Oliver Kirk vykonal tento čin v jeho rodnom meste olympijských hier v 1904. St. Louis hostil tretiu olympiádu v priebehu 1904 Svetová výstava Expozícia. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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On 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. Po celé roky, 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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Novembra 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 a Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 rokov, 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. Však, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionálne boje v 19. storočí sa mimo neho tešili zlej povesti

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Boss Butler a St. Louis stroje

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Pokiaľ ide o obrábacie politiky a organizovaného zločinu, Kansas City sa vždy zatienil St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City bol tiež domov pre niekoľko vysoko postavených gangsterských prestreliek. St. Louis’ posledný vodca organizovaného zločinu bol zatknutý za hracie karty. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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George Baptiste Dies

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Decembra 1, 1938 na 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 rokov. 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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Vražda pri 2912 Washington

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Budovy sú len hromady dosiek a tehál bez príbehov, ktoré sa k nim viažu. During November 1912, St. Louisa policajného dôstojníka Arthura Huddlestona zabil podmienečne prepustený vrah Albert Whitefield. Whitefield prekvapil svoju manželku podľa zákona, 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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