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Posts about miscellaneous history.
On January 7, 1903, St. 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. Viszont, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, A St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Egyedülálló építészetéhez tartozik egy toronyerkély az északkeleti fal második emeletén. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Ma, 4200 Cook az
Szeptember 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. A St. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South
Pénteken, Október 14, and Saturday, Október 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. A 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Kate Chopin, lánya egy neves francia család, és abban az időben helyi szerző, összeomlott a St. Louis 1904 Világkiállításon augusztus 20, 1904. Madame Chopin csak 54 éves, és szenvedett agyvérzést vagy aneurizma. Halt meg otthonában a McPherson Avenue augusztus 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Oliver Leonard Kirk a különbséget, hogy az egyetlen olimpiai ökölvívó nyerni aranyérmet két külön súlycsoportban ugyanabban olimpián. Oliver Kirk megvalósította ezt bravúr az ő szülővárosában olimpián 1904. St. Louis adott otthont a harmadik Olimpia alatt 1904 Világkiállításon kiállítás. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Szeptember 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. Egy washingtoni menedékházba küldték
Theodore Roosevelt tett egy végzetes döntést a választás napján 1904. Bejelentette, miután megválasztották az elnökség maga után növekvő az irodába fel a merénylet William McKinley, hogy ő nem tart újabb kifejezést 1908. Roosevelt had served almost a full term before his election as McKinley was assassinated in September 1901.
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” St. Louis during the 1904 Világkiállításon. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 Chicagóban,
Szombaton, Március 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ 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. Moran és a detektívek