Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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Ne Janar 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. Megjithatë, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. Në mars 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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Shtëpia Big mbi Cook Avenue

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Një shtëpi 122-vjeçar tulla dominon skenën rrugë në cep të WHITTIER Street dhe Cook Avenue në St. Louis, Misuri. Ndërtuesit ngritur 2378 shtëpi këmbë katrore në 1892. Arkitektura e saj unike përfshin një ballkon me frëngji në katin e dytë të murit verilindor. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Sot, 4200 Kuzhinieri është

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Mundje në 1904 Olimpiada Verore në St. Louis

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Të premten, Tetor 14, and Saturday, Tetor 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. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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Kate Chopin, bijë e një familje të shquar francez dhe në kohën autorit lokale, shembur në St. Louis 1904 Panairi Botërore më August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ishte vetëm 54 vjeç dhe pësoi një hemoragji të trurit apo aneurizëm. Ajo vdiq në shtëpinë e saj në McPherson Avenue më August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.

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Oliver Kirk dhe 1904 St. Louis Olympics

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Oliver Leonard Kirk has the distinction of being the only Olympic boxer to win a gold medal in two separate weight classes in the same Olympic Games. Oliver Kirk accomplished this feat at his hometown Olympics in 1904. St. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair 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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Në shtator 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. They sent him to a Washington asylum

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Prelude to 1912 Zgjedhjet presidenciale

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Theodore Roosevelt bërë një vendim fatal për ditën e zgjedhjeve 1904. Ai njoftoi pasi u zgjodh në Presidencën në të drejtën e tij, pasi u ngritur në zyrën e me vrasjen e William McKinley se ai nuk do të kandidojë për një mandat tjetër në 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 “Kollë e thatë” në Shën. Louis during the 1904 Panairi Botërore. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 në Çikago,

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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Të shtunën, Mars 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 and the detectives

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