Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

喬治 - 巴蒂斯特

在9月 15, 1919, 聖. 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. 多年來,, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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聖. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

聖弗朗西斯·德·塞勒斯教堂

十一月 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. 路易”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. 路易, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, 愛德華和馬格達萊納Mosblech, and their 14 孩子. 在ST. 路易斯大主教管區致力於教堂

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Man Kills Middleweight King

斯坦利·凱切爾1910

After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 歲月, 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

內奧博德溫職業拳擊手

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. 然而, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. 19世紀的職業格鬥在外界之外名聲不佳

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George Baptiste Dies

喬治 - 巴蒂斯特

十二月 1, 1938 在 5:15 下午, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 歲以下. 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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