Pertaining To St. Louis
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.
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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Rebel Without A Cause 1955 Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4670...ns-at-the-fox/
East Of Eden 1955 Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6950...e-pageant-and/Posted 08-12-2021 at 06:38 AM by aliasfinn
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Bicycle Shop Owner Stabbed To Death 1983
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3861...post-dispatch/
Fatal Stabbing 1980 St. Charles
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5164...by-major-case/Posted 08-12-2021 at 06:42 AM by aliasfinn
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Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948 Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74214266/abbott-costello-meet-frankenstein/
Duck Soup 1933 Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7172...he-ambassador/Posted 08-12-2021 at 03:31 PM by aliasfinn
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Blind Woman Strangles Drunken Husband 1922
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3383...lobe-democrat/
Drowned In Overturned Seaplane 1947
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1799...post-dispatch/Posted 08-12-2021 at 06:40 PM by aliasfinn
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The French Connection 1972 Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6114...-opens-in-stl/
The Hustler 1961 Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7700...he-ambassador/Posted 08-13-2021 at 05:43 AM by aliasfinn
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Stove Blows Up In House 1901
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3486...urned-at-home/
Fertilizer Tank Explodes/Convict Gets 5 Years For $6000 Holdup 1963
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3900...post-dispatch/Posted 08-13-2021 at 05:48 AM by aliasfinn
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Jaroslav Jirik (1939-2011)
Played hockey for the Blues 1969-1970.
Ernie Wakely
b. 1940
Played hockey for the Blues 1969-1972.
Larry Keenan
b. 1940
Played hockey for the Blues 1967-1971.
Jean-Guy Talbot
b. 1932
Played hockey for the Blues 1967-1971.
Gary Edwards
b. 1947
Played hockey for the Blues 1968-1970, 1981-1982.Posted 08-13-2021 at 05:53 AM by aliasfinn
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The Grapes Of Wrath 1940 Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6950...ns-at-the-fox/
Snow White 1969 Muny Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1587...or-snow-white/Posted 08-13-2021 at 05:56 AM by aliasfinn
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Denny Galehouse (1911-1998)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1941-1947.
Wally Judnich (1916-1971)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1940-1947.
Hank Helf (1913-1984)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1940, 1946.
Bob Muncrief (1916-1996)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1937-1947.
Ellis Kinder (1914-1968)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1946-1947 and the St. Louis Cardinals 1956.
Frank Biscan (1920-1959)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1942-1948.
Al Milnar (191302005)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1943-1946.
Johnny Lucadello (1919-2001)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1938-1946.
Joe Grace (1914-1969)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1938-1946.Posted 08-13-2021 at 06:08 AM by aliasfinn
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Treasure Of Sierra Madre 1948 Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7676...-opens-at-the/
Tobacco Road 1941 Advertisement
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Director Of Humane Society Killed In Car Crash 1961
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2828...post-dispatch/
1950 Theatre Listings
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3013...post-dispatch/Posted 08-13-2021 at 06:16 AM by aliasfinn
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Zorro At Forest Park July 7, 1959
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6220...ighlands-1959/
Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford of the Rifleman headlined the 77th annual St. Louis Police Circus at the Arena May 7th-17th 1959.
Ken Curtis and Milburn Stone of Gunsmoke were at the St. Louis Firemen's Rodeo 1965.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2323...o-parade-1965/
Little Joe (Michael Landon) At The Firemen's Rodeo 1964
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5884...o-with-little/
Annie Oakley (Gail Davis) was at the Firemen's Rodeo in St. Louis November 5-10, 1957.
The Cisco Kid and Pancho came to St. Louis for the Firemen's Rodeo August 30, 1953.
Lorne Greene of Bonanza was at the Firemen's Rodeo in St. Louis October 13, 1963.
Bobby Vinton And The Golddiggers At The Firemen's Rodeo In St. Louis October 21-26, 1969.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6506...-rodeo-wbobby/Posted 08-13-2021 at 09:04 AM by aliasfinn
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Sued For Cutting Hair Off 2 Year Old Boy 1899
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2164...ohn-a-hurster/
The Murders Of Julie And Robin Kerry 1991
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder...nd_Robin_KerryPosted 08-13-2021 at 04:45 PM by aliasfinn
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A Face In The Crowd 1957 Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6046...ns-at-the-fox/
Abe Vigoda In Inherit The Wind At The Westport Playhouse 1984
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6753...ng-abe-vigoda/Posted 08-13-2021 at 06:31 PM by aliasfinn
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The End Of Gaslight Square
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8855...post-dispatch/
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...21287f62c.html
Police Kill Ex-Convict Trying To Aid Jail Break 1959
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3912...post-dispatch/Posted 08-13-2021 at 09:54 PM by aliasfinn
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Farmer Burns
b. 1876
Pitched for the Cardinals 1901.
Pete Childs (1871-1922)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1901.
Mike Heydon (1874-1913)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1901.
Dan McGann (1871-1910)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1900-1901.
Jack Powell (1874-1944)
Played for the St. Louis Perfectos 1899, St. Louis Cardinals 1900-1901, St. Louis Browns 1902-1903, 1905-1912.Posted 08-14-2021 at 05:33 AM by aliasfinn
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Boxcar Bertha 1972 Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3427...post-dispatch/
A Man Called Horse 1970 Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3536...post-dispatch/Posted 08-14-2021 at 05:37 AM by aliasfinn
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Blames Murder Conviction On Grandfather 1996
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2107...post-dispatch/
Suspects In House 1994
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3229...oting-article/Posted 08-14-2021 at 05:41 AM by aliasfinn
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1962 Airway Drive-In Advertisement
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3407...post-dispatch/
Holiday Drive-In Grand Opening June 5, 1955
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4466...ve-in-opening/Posted 08-14-2021 at 05:45 AM by aliasfinn
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15-Year-Old Killed His Mother 1980
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7160...post-dispatch/
Nightclub Owner Shot To Death 1974
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1577...post-dispatch/Posted 08-14-2021 at 05:48 AM by aliasfinn
