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Pertaining To St. Louis

Posted 02-13-2021 at 06:05 AM by aliasfinn
Updated 01-31-2022 at 04:08 AM by aliasfinn

Interesting Things To Google.

A St. Louis woman, Pearl Curran, claimed to receive poetry from a spirit through a Ouija board.

Clarence Terhune, a St. Louis caddy, stowed away on the German airship Zeppelin.

The bullet that killed Wild Bill Hickok is buried in St. Louis.

Pretty Boy Floyd was sent to the Missouri penitentiary for a $12,000 St. Louis payroll robbery.

John Dillinger attended an automobile show at Municipal Auditorium in St. Louis.

The Reno Gang and their father lived in St. Louis for a couple of years when things got too hot for them in Indiana.

Frank James, Jesse's brother, was cremated in St. Louis.

Outlaw Sam Bass ran away from his Indiana home when he was a teenager and went to St. Louis but didn't stay long because he thought the city was too dangerous.

Doc Holliday practiced dentistry in St. Louis.

Jack The Ripper died in St. Louis.

Billy The Kid's mother ran a boarding house in St. Louis.

The pirate Jean Lafitte lived his last years around St. Louis and is buried across the river in Alton.

The Sundance Kid and Etta Place were spotted by Pinkerton detectives at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

Charles Manson went to St. Louis in the 1950s and got a tattoo.

The 1949 exorcism in St. Louis.

Geronimo rode the Ferris wheel at the St. Louis World's Fair.

Serial killer H.H. Holmes was locked up in a St. Louis jail with a Missouri train robber.

John Slack, one of the men involved in the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, moved to St. Louis and opened a casket making company.

Big Jim Kennally, a counterfeiter from St. Louis, came up with a plan to steal Lincoln's body in 1876.

Egan's Rats, St. Louis gangsters, were the main suspects in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

John Wilkes Booth was arrested in St. Louis for making anti-government threats.

Mark Gray, who worked for a St. Louis dry goods firm, attempted to assassinate Edwin Booth during a play in Chicago.

Martin Monti, a St. Louis born pilot, defected to Nazi Germany during the war and worked as a propagandist.

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	1809 Newspaper Clipping https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1716...-12-july-1809/ Suspect Arrested In Fatal Shooting 1974 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9978...post-dispatch/ Xander Sisco b. St. Louis 1998 Actor Diana Ross performed at Kiel Center July 17, 2000. Solar Trance St. Louis rock band https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Trance
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	1921 Auto Injuries https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1059...nt-4-jan-1921/ Tilles Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie_Tilles_Park Shania Twain performed at Savvis Center November 28, 2003. Garnett Marks b. St. Louis 1899 Actor Merle Haggard performed at Mississippi Nights October 13, 2000.
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	Overland Ink Plant Fire 1970 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1746...post-dispatch/ Tim McGraw performed at Verizon Wireless May 21, 2011. Man Fined $300 For Posing As Woman https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9241...post-dispatch/ Bob Wynn (1932-2013) b. St. Louis Producer/director Larry Fitzgibbon b. St. Louis Actor
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	Former Basketball Player Looting Vending Machines 1961 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5177...icle-st-louis/ Jim Jacobs (1930-1988) b. St. Louis Director Wallace A Carlson (1894-1967) b. St. Louis Producer/director The Red Hot Chili Peppers performed at Scottrade Center January 15, 2007. 1961 Traffic Arrest https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5104...raffic-arrest/
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	1970 Vietnam War Protest Riot https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...d1e7e8343.html Keith Urban performed at Scottrade Center June 28, 2007. Dan Paschen b. St. Louis 1981 Producer Cragwold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cragwold Orrin Tucker (1911-2011) b. St. Louis Bandleader
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	Doctor Fined $100 For Kicking Wife 1906 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1693...post-dispatch/ Sad Sam Jones pitched for the St. Louis Browns in 1927. Gossip Leads To Serious Assault 1903 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3143...post-dispatch/ Actress Sally Kellerman's father, John Helm Kellerman, was born in St. Louis in 1900. Winston Radom (1909-1989) b. St. Louis Actor
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	Stories Of Nearby Creatures https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/...daae85979.html Bo Diddley performed at the Hard Rock Café September 18, 1998. Sherard E Curry b. St. Louis 1988 Actor Roy Green Football player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Green Actor Lyle Waggoner attended Kirkwood High School and Washington University in St. Louis.
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	Another Murder In St. Louis 1880 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4067...post-dispatch/ James Taylor performed at Verizon Wireless June 26, 1998. Anne Voss b. St. Louis 1963 Actress Driver Killed, Boy Hurt As Car Hits Horses 1914 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2161...post-dispatch/ Kim Lindemeon (1948-2010) b. St. Louis Animal trainer
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	1890 Train Wreck https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3163...post-dispatch/ Motley Crue performed at Verizon Wireless August 23, 2000. Rodney Turner b. St. Louis 1964 Actor Dane Iorg Baseball player https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Iorg Kameron Zach b. St. Louis 1987 Director
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	Foot Cut Off By Train 1910 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7862...post-dispatch/ Walter Wilkinson (1916-1981) b. St. Louis Actor Jimmy Buffett performed at Verizon Wireless May 3, 2011. Lynn McGlothen Baseball player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_McGlothen Eric Clapton performed at Kiel Center April 3, 1998.
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	Man Injured In Riot Sues 1910 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1701...t-for-damages/ Jackie Smith Football player https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Smith Chris Curtis b. St. Louis Actor The Allman Brothers Band performed at Verizon Wireless June 28, 2000. Lawson Burris b. St. Louis 1998 Actor
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	Woman Driver Collides With Police Car 1948 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1964...-in-collision/ Stone Temple Pilots performed at the Family Arena September 30, 2010. Jack Reidelberger b. St. Louis 1969 Actor Creve Coeur Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creve_..._Memorial_Park Blues Traveler performed at Mississippi Nights July 1, 2000.
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	Robber Found Wounded 1966 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4432...post-dispatch/ The Steve Miller Band performed at the Riverport Amphitheatre August 13, 1998. J.V. Cain Football player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._V._Cain Paul Crump b. St. Louis 1972 Actor Michael Ray Reed b. St. Louis 1974 Actor
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	3 Killed, 5 Injured In Traffic Accidents 1951 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2068...post-dispatch/ Robyn D Stroud b. St. Louis 1995 Actress Ricky Skaggs performed at Sheldon Concert Hall September 3, 1998. Charles Huber b. St. Louis 1885 Assistant director Stray Cats, ZZ Top and the Pretenders performed at Scottrade Center July 29, 2007
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	Theft Of $2100 Savings 1942 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3242...rglary-arrest/ Randy Newman performed at Sheldon Concert Hall May 4, 2008. Pedestrian Injured By Truck 1948 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6652...jury-accident/ Miley Cyrus performed at Scottrade Center January 15, 2008. J. Milton Turner School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Milton_Turner_School
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Assaulted By Transit Men 1901

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1209...ouis-republic/

Elvis Costello performed at the American Theatre October 14, 1998.

Frank Nuderscher (1880-1959)
b. St. Louis
Painter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Nuderscher

The Black Crowes performed at the Pageant November 11, 2009

Three County Men Charged In Confidence Scheme 1976

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1306...post-dispatch/

Celine Dion performed at Scottrade Center February 4, 2009.

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	Man Hit By Car In Safety Zone 1955 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2003...post-dispatch/ Neil Lomax Football player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Lomax Frank Keating b. St. Louis 1944 Actor U2 performed at the Trans World Dome November 8, 1997. Harry B Friedman (1902-1994) b. St. Louis Publicist
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	Killed By Streetcar 1938 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5491...post-dispatch/ Prince performed at the Kiel June 27, 1997. Henry Armstrong Boxer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Armstrong Barb J Stroud b. St. Louis 1954 Actress Fatal Crash In Clayton 1955 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1888...post-dispatch/ John T Doyle (1874-1935) b. St. Louis Actor
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	Tim Van Galder Football player/sportscaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Van_Galder John Fogerty performed at the fox Theatre in St. Louis September 8, 1997. Jane Hoyt Thompson (1932-2004) b. St. Louis Producer 1938 Head-On Collision https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9842...tchtuesday-29/ Patty Loveless performed at Six Flags St. Louis September 13, 1997.
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Arrested 25 Times For Drunkenness 1915

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1465...s-arrested-25/

Justice Of The Peace Hit By Car 1943

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2096...post-dispatch/

8 People Died In Traffic Accidents Christmas Eve 1940

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8435...post-dispatch/

2 Brothers Fight With Police 1969

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5573...-july-21-1969/

2 Men Arrested As Nude Dancers 1971

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2854...post-dispatch/

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