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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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    The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 Ad

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6709...tmas-opens-in/



    In The Heat Of The Night 1967 Ad

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7193...-opens-in-stl/
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    Brandon Chillar
    b. 1982
    Played for the St. Louis Rams 2004-2007.

    Cam Cleeland
    b. 1975
    Played for the St. Louis Rams 2003-2005.

    Rich Coady
    b. 1976
    Played for the St. Louis Rams 1999-2001, 2003-2004.

    Chris Dishman
    b. 1974
    Played for the St. Louis Rams 2004.

    Antuan Edwards
    b. 1977
    Played for the St. Louis Rams 2004.
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    Dart Players St. Louis

    https://dartplayersstlouis.com/



    Blueberry Hill Dart League

    https://blueberryhill.com/darts/
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    Go-Kart Thief

    St. Louis--- A 24-year-old man has been charged in a recent Go-Kart robbery.
    Three children and their grandmother had their Go-Kart stolen from them at gunpoint Wednesday, Sept. 1, around 3:45 pm. at a vacant lot near Riverview Boulevard and McLaran Avenue.
    Antonio Woods, St. Louis, was charged with first degree robbery.

    Fox2now Sept. 4, 2021
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    Trev Faulk
    b. 1981
    Played for the St. Louis Rams 2004-2005.

    Bryce Fisher
    b. 1977
    Played for the St. Louis Rams 2002-2004.

    Erik Flowers
    b. 1978
    Played for the St. Louis Rams 2003-2004.

    Mike Furrey
    b. 1977
    Played for the St. Louis Rams 2003-2005.

    DeJuan Groce
    b. 1980
    Played for the St. Louis Rams 2003-2005.
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    1888
    Mangled By A Train
    Killed By A Streetcar

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1053...post-dispatch/



    Woman Died After Being Kidnapped

    https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/cr...1-0e4dd81cc414
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    Elizabeth Todd Terry was the first person cremated in St. Louis, on May 6, 1888.

    https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/...8df938d17.html



    One Dead After Storm Blows Down Beer Tent 2012

    https://www.galesburg.com/article/20...news/304299968
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    The Evening Whirl 80-Year-Old Crime Tabloid

    https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...-crime-tabloid



    St. Louis's Climate Has Warmed By 3.7 F Since 1970

    https://fox2now.com/news/missouris-c...-f-since-1970/
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    1971 Schnucks Christmas Albums Advertisement

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5704...schnucks-1971/



    Kaye Pharmacy Kodak Advertisement 1971

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7876...harmacy-kodak/
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    Matthew Bowman
    b. 1991
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2016-2018.

    Jonathan Broxton
    b. 1984
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2015-2017.

    Aledmys Diaz
    b. 1990
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2016-2017.

    Eric Fryer
    b. 1985
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2016-2017.

    Randal Grichuk
    b. 1991
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2014-2017.
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    Channel 4 News Producer Bitten By Dog 2018

    https://www.kmov.com/news/have-you-b...8d1c8a5a0.html



    Musician Assaulted In Soulard 2016

    https://www.kmov.com/news/local-musi...c51e4283a.html
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    Jimmy Austin (1879-1965)
    Played for the St. Louis Browns 1911-1929.

    Ivan Bigler (1892-1975)
    Played for the St. Louis Browns 1917.

    Ray Demmitt (1884-1956)
    Played for the St. Louis Browns 1910, 1917-1919.

    Dave Davenport (1890-1954)
    Played for the St. Louis Terriers 1914-1915, St. Louis Browns 1916-1919.

    Wally Gerber (1891-1951)
    Played for the St. Louis Browns 1917-1928.
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    Dick Bokelmann (1926-2019)
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 1951-1953.

    Cliff Chambers (1922-2012)
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 1951-1953.

    Jackie Collum (1927-2009)
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 1951-1953, 1956.

    Les Fusselman (1921-1970)
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 1952-1953.

    Herb Gorman (1924-1953)
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 1952.
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    Suspect Charged In 3 Murders 2021

    https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/cr...2-11da79cf2f27



    Two 11-Year-Olds Part Of Vicious Attack 2017

    https://www.kmbc.com/article/police-...louis/12192940
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    Fred Hahn (1929-1984)
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 1952.

    Neal Hertweck
    b. 1931 in St. Louis
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 1952.

    Joe Presko (1928-2019)
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 1951-1954.

    Eddie Yuhas (1924-1986)
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 1952-1953.

    Virgil Stallcup (1922-1984)
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 1952-1953.
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    The Last Event At The Arena 9-2-94

    https://www.stltoday.com/news/archiv...49db3bc.html#1



    Busch Stadium's First Ever Movie Night 2021

    https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/wa...night-tonight/
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