Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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Pada Januari 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. However, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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Gulat di 1904 Olimpiade di St. Louis

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Pada hari Jumat, Oktober 14, and Saturday, Oktober 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. Itu 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 Pameran Dunia di St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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Oliver Kirk dan 1904 St. Louis Olimpiade

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Oliver Leonard Kirk memiliki perbedaan menjadi satu-satunya petinju Olimpiade untuk memenangkan medali emas dalam dua kelas berat terpisah di Olimpiade yang sama. Oliver Kirk mencapai prestasi ini di kampung halamannya di Olimpiade 1904. St. Louis menjadi tuan rumah Olimpiade ketiga selama 1904 Pameran Dunia Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Would Be Assassin’s St. Louis Roots

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Pada 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. Mereka mengirimnya ke rumah sakit jiwa di Washington

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Prelude to 1912 Pilpres

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Theodore Roosevelt membuat keputusan yang menentukan pada Hari Pemilu 1904. Dia mengumumkan setelah terpilih menjadi Presiden di kanan sendiri setelah naik ke kantor setelah pembunuhan William McKinley bahwa ia tidak akan mencalonkan diri untuk masa jabatan lainnya dalam 1908. Roosevelt menjabat hampir istilah penuh sebelum pemilihannya sebagai McKinley dibunuh pada bulan September 1901.

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Louis

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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 “Terjangan” di St. Louis during the 1904 Pameran Dunia. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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Pada hari Sabtu, Maret 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 dan para detektif

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