George Baptiste Dies

ジョージ・バティスト

12月に 1, 1938 に 5:15 午後, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 歳. 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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での殺人 2912 Washington

ハドルストン殺人事件

建物は、それに付属するストーリーがなければ、単なる板とレンガの山です。. During November 1912, ST. ルイ警察官アーサー・ハドルストンが仮釈放された殺人犯アルバート・ホワイトフィールドに殺害された. ホワイトフィールドは内縁の妻を驚かせた, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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George Baptiste’s Heartbreak

ジョージ・バティスト

During February 1901, ST. 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, バティストはミルフォードで休暇をとっていた, Connecticut. 31歳の彼は、強力な水泳選手であり、オールラウンドアスリートであったことに加えて、

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

ハンナ・マクラフリン

1月には 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. <スパンbbox_x = "14" fweight = "3"赤= "255"緑= "255"青= "255"アルファ= "=" 244 "bbox_y =" 627 "bbox_w =" 56 "bbox_h =" 20 "FSIZE, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, セント. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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The Big House on Cook Avenue

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A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. ルイ, ミズーリ州. 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. 今日, 4200 Cook is

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でのレスリング 1904 セントでの夏季オリンピック. ルイ

1904-夏季オリンピック

金曜日に, 10月 14, and Saturday, 10月 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. ザ· 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. ルイ, ミズーリ. ST. Louis was well-represented in

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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9月 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. ルイ’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. セント. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. ルイ’ South

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Would Be Assassin’s St. Louis Roots

チーフデスモンドエクスプロイト

9月 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. 彼らは彼をワシントンの亡命施設に送った

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Prelude to 1912 大統領選

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セオドア·ルーズベルトは選挙日に運命的な決断をした 1904. 彼は、彼が別の用語に立候補しないことをウィリアム·マッキンリーの暗殺の際に事務所に昇順した後、彼自身の権利で議長に選出された後に発表しました 1908. マッキンリーは9月に暗殺されたようにルーズベルトは彼の選挙の前に、ほぼ全期間を務めていた 1901.

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. ルイ

率直-ゴッチ

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 “ハック” セント中. Louis during the 1904 世界博覧会. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. ルイ, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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