Tag: Miscellaneous History

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George Baptiste’s Heartbreak

20היסטוריית ההיאבקות המקצוענית של המאה
ג'ורג-Baptiste

During February 1901, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis professional wrestler and local businessman George Baptiste reluctantly filed for divorce from his wife, Nellie May Baptiste, alleging desertion. It was actually the second time, Baptiste filed for divorce from Mrs. Baptiste. During the summer of 1896, Baptiste was vacationing in Millford, קונטיקט. The 31-year-old was a powerful swimmer and all-around athlete in addition to

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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hannah-mclaughlin

On January 7, 1903, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. אולם, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. בחודש מרץ 1897, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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The Big House on Cook Avenue

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4200-cook-avenue

A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. לואיס, מיזורי. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. היום, 4200 Cook is

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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. לואיס

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1904-אולימפיאדת קיץ

ביום שישי, אוקטובר 14, and Saturday, אוקטובר 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. לואיס, MO. <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis was well-represented in

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Ghost of the Old Castle

חיי גנאלוגיה וחיי משפחה
קליבלנד-מ-גרנד

On September 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. לואיס’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. סנט. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. לואיס’ South

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Would Be Assassin’s St. Louis Roots

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צ'יף-דסמונד-מנצל

On September 21, 1897, Joseph Bloomfield Jackson attempted to sneak into the White House armed with a loaded revolver. Jackson had boasted of plans to attack a high government official for days. Jackson was arrested before he could carry out his plans to attack President McKinley. Police quickly realized Jackson was mentally disturbed. They sent him to a Washington asylum

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Wrestler Saves Drowning Priest

20היסטוריית ההיאבקות המקצוענית של המאה
ג'ורג-Baptiste

George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. לואיס’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. On August 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.

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Prelude to 1912 בחירות לנשיאות

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theodore-roosevelts-effect-on-1912-election

תיאודור רוזוולט קבל החלטה גורלית ביום הבחירות 1904. הוא הודיע ​​לאחר שנבחר לנשיאות בזכות עצמו לאחר שעלה למשרד על ההתנקשות בחייו של ויליאם מקינלי, כי לא יתמודד לכהונה נוספת ב 1908. רוזוולט שירת כמעט לטווח מלא לפני בחירתו למקינלי נרצח בחודש ספטמבר 1901.

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. לואיס

20היסטוריית ההיאבקות המקצוענית של המאה
פרנק-gotch

Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” בסנט. Louis during the 1904 היריד העולמי של. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. לואיס, the match would not occur until 1908 בשיקגו,

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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יוג'ין-שדה-בתים-פורצים

ביום שבת, מרץ 12, 1904, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. לואיס’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. מורן והבלשים

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