Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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

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Wrestling al 1904 Olimpiadi estive a St. Louis

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Il Venerdì, Ottobre 14, e Sabato, Ottobre 15, 1904, 42 lottatori in 7 classi di peso sono incontrati nei primi giochi olimpici contestate nel metodo freestyle wrestling. Olimpiadi precedenti sono stati contestati in stile greco-romano di wrestling. Il 1904 Olimpiadi estive si è svolta in collaborazione con il 1904 Fiera Mondiale di St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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Oliver Kirk e il 1904 St. Olimpiadi Louis

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Oliver Leonard Kirk ha la particolarità di essere l'unico pugile olimpico a vincere una medaglia d'oro in due classi di peso distinti negli stessi Giochi Olimpici. Oliver Kirk compiuto questa impresa nella sua città natale Olimpiadi di 1904. St. Louis ha ospitato la terza Olimpiade durante l' 1904 Fiera Exposition del Mondo. Come i Giochi di Parigi quattro anni prima, St. Louis gave

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Would Be Assassin’s St. Louis Roots

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Nel settembre 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. Lo hanno mandato in un manicomio di Washington

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Prelude to 1912 Presidential Election

Effetto Theodore Roosevelt sulle elezioni del 1912

Theodore Roosevelt made a fateful decision on Election Day 1904. He announced after being elected to the Presidency in his own right after ascending to the office upon the assassination of William McKinley that he would not run for another term in 1908. Roosevelt had served almost a full term before his election as McKinley was assassinated in 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 “Hack” St. Louis during the 1904 Fiera del Mondo. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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