George Baptiste Dies

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Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 1, 1938 tom 5:15 PM, Qub kev wrestler thiab all-around ncaws Pob George Baptiste kis tseg ntawm 74 xyoo. Thaum enjoying robust lub zog nws lub neej tseem, Baptiste tus kws kho mob sab nws muaj mob cancer rau lub rau hli ntuj 1938. Tus kws kho mob ua rau Baptiste tab sis yog tsis tau tshem tag nrho cov mob cancer. Baptiste twb tau nyob ntawm nws lub teb chaws tsev

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Murder at 2912 Washington

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Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. Thaum lub kaum ib hlis 1912, St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, uas yog entertaining lwm chav txivneej hem. Whitefield sim tua nws ua ntej me nyuam ob. Louis tub ceev xwm Officers teb nws quaj rau

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George Baptiste’s Heartbreak

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Thaum lub ob hlis ntuj 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, Baptiste was vacationing in Millford, Connecticut. 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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Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 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. Txawm li cas los, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 1897, cov me nyuam. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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Lub tsev loj nyob ua noj Avenue

4200-cook-avenue

122 xyoo cib tsev dominates lub scene txoj ntawm kaum kev Whittier Street thiab ua noj Avenue hauv St. Louis, Missouri. Builders tsa cov 2378 mus ko taw square lub tsev nyob rau hauv 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. Thaum ntej los ua, 4200 Ua noj yuav tsum tau ib qho chaw impressive. Hnub no, 4200 Cook is

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Wrestling ntawm tus 1904 Lub caij ntuj so Olympics hauv St. Louis

1904-summer-olympics

Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 14, thiab hnub Saturday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers nyob rau hauv 7 ceeb thawj kawm ntawm thawj ua Olympic si contested nyob hauv lub freestyle wrestling txujci. Ua ntej Olympic ua si nyob contested hauv lub Greco-Roman style ntawm wrestling. Tus 1904 Lub caij ntuj so Olympics yog nyob rau cov tau nrog cov 1904 World's Fair rau cov me nyuam. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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Yeeb ceeb ntawm cov laus tsev fuabtais

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Nyob rau lub Cuaj hlis 5, 1984, Kuv taug kev los rau ntawm lub qhov rooj ntawm Grover Cleveland tsev kawm ntawv thawj zaug. Kuv kawm tau me nyuam. Louis’ nyiam tuaj kawm hlau nplaum thaum lub sij hawm, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Cov me nyuam. Louis pawg tswj hwm tsev kawm ntawv txiav txim siab yuav tawm mus rau qhov kev pab cuam rau “Lub tsev fuabtais rau neeg pej xeem nrog”. Cleveland tsev kawm ntawv yuav kawm tiav me nyuam coob. Cov me nyuam Louis rau me nyuam. Louis’ South

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Xav tau tus neeg tua neeg St. Cov hauv paus hniav Louis

Chief-desmond-exploits

Nyob rau lub Cuaj hlis 21, 1897, Yos Xes Bloomfield Jackson sim nka mus rau hauv tsev dawb armed nrog ib phom me loaded. Jackson twb khav hais txog kev npaj mus ua mob lub siab tseem fwv zaj hnub. Jackson raug ntes ua ntej nws yuav nqa tau tawm nws lub hom phiaj rau nruab President McKinley. Tub ceev xwm ceev heev pom tau hais yog peb disturbed Jackson. They sent him to a Washington asylum

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Prelude to 1912 Medal xaiv tsa

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Theodore Roosevelt txiav txim fateful hnub pov npav 1904. Nws tshaj tawm tom qab uas ua rau lub Presidency ntawm nws tus kheej txoj cai tom qab ascending mus rau lub chaw ua hauj lwm raws li qhov tus tib txog William McKinley uas nws yuav tsis khiav mus rau lwm lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv 1908. Roosevelt tau txais kev pab yuav luag ib daim ntawv qhia txog lub sij hawm ua ntej kev xaiv tsa nws li McKinley yog assassinated rau lub Cuaj hlis 1901.

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Gotch xav Hack rau me nyuam. Louis

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Frank Gotch muab cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Tom Jenkins rau hlis ntuj nqeg 1903. Gotch los rau nram qab no mus no triumph nrog ib match rau ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm George Hackenschmidt. Gotch xav tau “Hack” rau cov me nyuam. Louis thaum lub 1904 World's Fair. Hmoov tsis txog Gotch thiab me nyuam. Louis, ntais ntawv yuav tsis muaj kom txog thaum 1908 nyob Chicago,

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