Pertaining To St. Louis
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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.
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 supposed mummy of John Wilkes Booth made an appearance at the 1904 World's Fair.
Al Jolson made some recordings at the Statler Hotel in St. Louis in 1924.
Bill Tozer (1882-1955)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
Old Judge Coffee
https://oldjudgecoffee.com/pages/history
The building
https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/704-...s-MO/14105455/Posted 04-27-2021 at 05:13 AM by aliasfinn
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World's First Recorded Blooper 1878
Museum unveils 1878 Edison audio recording
The log cabin where Lincoln was born was displayed at the Lincoln exhibit at the 1904 World's Fair.
Fred Underwood (1868-1906)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Underwood
In 1895 Charles Foster of St. Louis patented a damper-type heating register.
The first one-armed player in major league baseball was Pete Gray who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1945.Posted 04-27-2021 at 12:08 PM by aliasfinn
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Air Balloon Lands On Doctor's House 1897
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1965...post-dispatch/
Gene Barry performed at the Muny in Kismet, June 20-26, 1960.
Adam Hackbarth
Born 1973 St. Louis
Actor
Brick Thieves
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/us/20brick.html
Skyrocket Smith (1868-1916)
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyrocket_SmithPosted 04-27-2021 at 03:43 PM by aliasfinn
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Mind Reader Wants To Be Buried Alive 1893
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6064...mo10-aug-1893/
Old Fire Hydrant Made In St. Louis
http://www.firehydrant.org/pictures/...undry_mfg.html
Roy Knabenshue piloted the first successful dirigible in America at the 1904 World's Fair.
Joan Crawford was spotted at Union Station in St. Louis.
In 1764, the first structures erected in St. Louis were a post house, a building for the fur company's headquarters, cabins for the men and a large shed for tools and provisions. These were all located around Market and Walnut street.Posted 04-27-2021 at 08:07 PM by aliasfinn
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2-Headed Baby In St. Louis 1912
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2315...y-in-st-Louis/
Coonie Blank (1892-1961)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
Archibald Leach (Cary Grant) performed at the Muny in The Street Singer in 1931.
Adam Wetzel (1846-1909)
b. St. Louis
He was with the pack train at the Little Bighorn.
Thieves Steal Funeral Van With Body
https://eminetra.com/funeral-van-car...ssouri/366873/Posted 04-28-2021 at 04:06 AM by aliasfinn
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Tragedy Caused By Jealousy 1896
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2055...d-by-jealousy/
The First Porky Pig
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dougherty
Jesse James 1875 " I Am In St. Louis With Friends "
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...99f4e8e02.html
Frank Wunderlee (1875-1925)
b. St. Louis
Actor
John Muering (1847-1902)
b. St. Louis
He was with General Terry at the Little Bighorn.Posted 04-28-2021 at 08:51 AM by aliasfinn
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Thieves Steal 1000 LBS Pet Food
https://www.dogingtonpost.com/thieve...-food-gateway/
Monty Pfyl (1886-1945)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
The Brecht Steam Car
The Brecht Steam Car & The Brecht Motor Car Corp.
Medric Boucher (1886-1974)
b. St. Louis
Baseball and soccer player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medric_Boucher
Mona Bruns (1899-2000)
b. St. Louis
ActressPosted 04-28-2021 at 02:42 PM by aliasfinn
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Schoolmates Strap Kid To Railroad Tracks 1875
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1314...n-murder-1875/
Bobby and The Crypt-Kickers came to St. Louis around Halloween of 1973 and sang The Monster Mash.
April 26, 1908
St. Louis City Poorhouse inmate, Joe Ragley (blind), attacked cripple, Joe McGuire, with a knife. McGuire resisted with his crutch. Both were badly injured.
Bob Dylan performed at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis on April 10, 1994.
Mademoiselle Dazie (1884-1952)
b. St. Louis
ActressPosted 04-28-2021 at 08:35 PM by aliasfinn
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Rigged Bicycle Race 1894
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5053...post-dispatch/
Man Steals Phone From Dying Jogger
https://www.kake.com/story/42817658/...er-in-missouri
Henry Blossom (1866-1919)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Gus Hetling (1885-1962)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Hetling
Benny Goodman 1938
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1182...benny-goodman/Posted 04-29-2021 at 03:34 AM by aliasfinn
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Owl Attacking Neighbors In Clayton
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/lo...n/63-474717511
Joe Herr (1865-1936)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
Janis Joplin performed at the Forest Park Pavilion August 10, 1968.
1964 Laundry Robbery
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5679...-anne-godnish/
Slim Cole (1892- ?)
b. St. Louis
ActorPosted 04-29-2021 at 08:07 AM by aliasfinn
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TV Program Schedule Dec 4, 1969 St. Louis
KTVI CH 2 ABC
6:30 am Thought For Today
6:35 am Farm Report/News
6:45 am The Lone Ranger
7:15 am Winchell Mahoney Time
8:15 am Romper Room
9:00 am Movie
11:00 am Bewitched
11:30 am Charlotte Peters
12:30 pm Lets Make A Deal
1:00 pm Newlywed Game
1:30 pm Dating Game
2:00 pm General Hospital
2:30 pm One Life To Live
3:00 pm Movie
5:00 pm McHale's Navy
5:30 pm F-Troop
6:00 pm News
6:30 pm Jacques Cousteau
7:30 pm Bewitched
8:00 pm Tom Jones
9:00 pm It Takes A Thief
10:00 pm News
10:30 pm Joey Bishop
12:00 am Combat
1:00 am News
KMOX CH 4 CBS
5:45 am Meditation/News
6:00 am Sunrise Semester
6:30 am CBS News
8:00 am Captain Kangaroo
9:00 am Lucille Ball
9:30 am Beverly Hillbillies
10:00 am Andy Griffith
10:30 am Love Of Life
11:00 am Where The Heart is
11:30 am Search for Tomorrow
12:00 pm My Favorite Martian
12:30 pm As The World Turns
1:00 pm Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
1:30 pm Guiding Light
2:00 pm Secret Storm
2:30 pm Edge Of Night
3:00 pm Gomer Pyle
3:30 pm Movie
5:00 pm To Tell The Truth
5:30 pm CBS News
6:00 pm News
6:30 pm Family Affair
7:00 pm Jim Nabors Variety
8:00 pm Movie
10:00 pm News
10:30 pm Merv Griffin
12:00 am Movie
1:30 am News
KSD CH 5 NBC
6:30 am Focus Your World
7:00 am Today
9:00 am It Takes Two
9:25 am NBC News
9:30 am Concentration
10:00 am Sale Of The Century
10:30 am Hollywood Squares
11:00 am Jeopardy
11:30 am Name Droppers
12:00 pm News
12:30 pm You're Putting me On
1:00 pm Days Of Our Lives
1:30 pm The Doctors
2:00 pm Another World
2:30 pm He Said, She Said
3:00 pm Letters To laugh-In
3:30 pm Mike Douglas
5:00 pm News
5:30 pm NBC News
6:00 pm News
6:30 pm Daniel Boone
7:30 pm Ironside
8:30 pm Dragnet
9:00 pm Dean Martin
10:00 pm News
10:30 pm Johnny Carson
12:00 am News
12:10 am Rona Barrett
12:15 am David Frost
1:45 am Weather
KETC CH 9 PBS
8:15 am to 5:45 pm Instructional Classroom Programming.
5:45 pm Mister Rogers
6:15 pm Friendly Giant
6:30 pm What's New
7:00 pm Personal Finance
7:30 pm NET Playhouse
9:00 pm Julia Child
9:30 pm Cineposium
10:00 pm People In Jazz
10:30 pm Insurance Seminar
10:45 pm Today's Interiors
11:00 pm Choral Group
KPLR CH 11 INDEPENDENT
8:00 am Underdog
8:30 am Love That Bob
9:00 am Jack Lallane
9:30 am Ed Nelson Variety
11:00 am Sea Hunt
11:30 am That Girl
12:30 pm Galloping Gourmet
1:00 pm Steve Allen
2:00 pm Of Land And Sea
3:00 pm Dark Shadows
3:30 pm Flintstones
4:00 pm Gilligan's Island
4:30 pm I Love Lucy
5:00 pm Leave It To Beaver
5:30 pm Dick Van Dyke
6:00 pm What's My Line
6:30 pm Truth Or Consequences
7:00 pm Hazel
7:30 pm The Game Game
8:00 pm The Big Valley
9:00 pm News
9:30 pm I Spy
10:30 pm Movie
12:35 am Barbara Walters
12:55 am News
KDNL CH 30 INDEPENDENT
9:15 am to 2:30 pm Financial Reports
2:30 pm America's Favorite Hymns
3:00 pm Mr. Patches Little Castle
4:00 pm Speed Racer
4:30 pm Ultraman
5:00 pm Batman
5:30 pm Patty Duke
6:00 pm The Munsters
6:30 pm Star Trek
7:30 pm Beat The Clock
8:00 pm Della Reese
9:00 pm Movie
11:00 pm MoviePosted 04-29-2021 at 04:11 PM by aliasfinn
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St. Louis Horror 1896
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8679...-louis-horror/
Lark Bronlee (1898-1970)
b. St. Louis
Actress
George Carlin was at the Kiel Opera House June 3, 1978.
Al Gerheauger (1917-1972)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gerheauser
Ray L Royer (1885-1922)
b. St. Louis
ActorPosted 04-30-2021 at 04:56 AM by aliasfinn
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Drowned In Vat Of Chemicals 1925
St. Louis, MO Drowned in Vat of Chemicals, Feb 1925 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods
ZZ Top performed at the Ambassador Theatre in St. Louis on April 16, 1974.
Harry Vahrenhorst (1885-1943)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
Jefferson R Smith III (1887-1952)
b. St. Louis
https://soapysmiths.blogspot.com/201...smith-iii.html
His father
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapy_SmithPosted 04-30-2021 at 07:03 AM by aliasfinn
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Woman Jumps From Bridge 1901
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1337...st-louis-1901/
Jimmy Williams (1876-1965)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
The Beach Boys performed at Kiel July 15, 1964.
William F Assmann (1862-1920)
b. St. Louis
Balloonist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Assmann
The Who performed at the Jaguar Club August 10, 1968.Posted 04-30-2021 at 02:56 PM by aliasfinn
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Burglar Wakes Girl By Tickling Her Feet 1912
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1056...post-dispatch/
The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals " The Gashouse Gang " had players nicknamed Dizzy, Daffy, Dazzy and Ducky.
Death Of Whitey Doering 1923
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2481...post-dispatch/
Jimi Hendrix performed at the Kiel November 3, 1968.
Kendall Kapps (1923-1967)
b. St. Louis
ActorPosted 05-01-2021 at 04:46 AM by aliasfinn
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St. Louis Smugglers 1959
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1524...rs-accused-of/
Bruce Springsteen performed at the Ambassador Theatre July 5, 1974
Creative Playing Card Company
https://www.goantiques.com/vintage-b...owling-1058637
Frank Genins (1866-1922)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Genins
The Who and Lynyrd Skynyrd performed at the Arena November 28, 1973.Posted 05-01-2021 at 09:30 AM by aliasfinn
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Fred Connors Safe Blower In St. Louis
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6751...post-dispatch/
Perry Werden (1865-1934)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Werden
The Doors performed at Kiel November 9, 1968.
Pevely Farms
https://pevelyfarmshoa.com/Pevely-fa...ng-dairy-farm/
Lou Marcelle (1909-1994)
b. St. Louis
ActorPosted 05-01-2021 at 11:56 AM by aliasfinn
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15 Year Old Robber 1911
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1634...y-robber-1911/
Tub Welch (1866-1901)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tub_Welch
Buck Morgan (1907-1981)
b. St. Louis
Actor
The Grateful Dead performed at Kiel February 6, 1969
Steppenwolf and Three Dog Night performed at Kiel March 22, 1969Posted 05-01-2021 at 04:19 PM by aliasfinn
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Piranhas In The Suburbs
https://www.stltoday.com/news/archiv...b1be5b2d1.html
Scotty Bates (1908-1959)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Gardner Motor Car Company
Gardner Motor Cars
Scrappy Moore (1892-1964)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
The Beatles performed at Busch Stadium August 21, 1966.Posted 05-02-2021 at 05:56 AM by aliasfinn
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The first documented car made in St. Louis was in 1893 by J.D. Perry Lewis. It was electric and broke down in the 3000 block of Locust.
Creedence Clearwater Revival performed at Kiel on June 29, 1969.
Taylor Momsen
Born in St. Louis in 1993
Actress
Jelly Belly History
https://www.jellybelly.com/company-history
Led Zeppelin and the Who performed at the Kiel on June 1, 1969.Posted 05-02-2021 at 09:56 AM by aliasfinn
