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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1941 Desoto Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5700...-october-1941/
1950 Desoto Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5523...alers-ad-1950/Posted 09-15-2021 at 08:21 AM by aliasfinn -
Titanic Thompson (1893-1974)
Famous hustler who killed 2 bank robbers in St. Louis who tried to rob him in 1919.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_Thompson
1920s Mugshot Of Confidence Man George W Carson.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294167315692Posted 09-15-2021 at 08:27 AM by aliasfinn -
The Hog Hollow Murder 1876
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3490...w-murder-1876/
Forest Park Fire 1963
https://stltoday.com/news/local/metr...10869c025.htmlPosted 09-15-2021 at 04:22 PM by aliasfinn -
Walt Alexander (1891-1978)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1912-1915.
George Baumgardner (1891-1970)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1912-1916.
Chauncey Burkam (1892-1964)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1915.
Rollin Cook (1890-1975)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1915.
Bill Dalrymple (1891-1967)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1915.Posted 09-16-2021 at 05:35 AM by aliasfinn -
1948 Chevy Truck Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5477...alers-ad-1948/
1949 Lincoln Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5792...alers-ad-1949/Posted 09-16-2021 at 05:39 AM by aliasfinn -
1957 Plymouth Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5610...mouth-ad-1957/
1962 Plymouth Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5461...alers-ad-1962/Posted 09-16-2021 at 05:42 AM by aliasfinn -
1943 Pontiac Ad
https://stltoday.newspapers.com/clip...alers-ad-1943/
1969 Pontiac Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5731...alers-ad-1969/Posted 09-16-2021 at 05:46 AM by aliasfinn -
Stole $6000 From Watermelon Man 1956
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2873...atermelon-man/
1952 Piano Lessons Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1911...gan-and-piano/Posted 09-16-2021 at 05:52 AM by aliasfinn -
1899 Vaudeville With Houdini
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8168...st-louis-1899/
1930 Vaudeville Acts
https://stltoday.newspapers.com/clip...ille-stl-post/Posted 09-16-2021 at 05:57 AM by aliasfinn -
Mayor's Cousin Shot To Death 2021
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/st...r-the-weekend/
Girl Wounded Over Struggle With Gun 2021
https://www.kmov.com/news/struggle-o...d31ba6aa2.htmlPosted 09-16-2021 at 06:03 AM by aliasfinn -
1950 Kaiser Frazer Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6047...azer-december/
1961 Plymouth Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7883...december-1961/Posted 09-16-2021 at 06:09 AM by aliasfinn -
St. Louis Blues Prospect Robbed At Gunpoint Near Arch 2021
https://www.foxnews.com/us/st-louis-...npoint-gateway
Cop Pulls Gun On Man Riding Horse At Ballpark Village 2021
https://www.kmov.com/news/police-off...20824df83.htmlPosted 09-16-2021 at 06:16 AM by aliasfinn -
1948 Tucker Automobile Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5432...-dealers-1948/
Pilot Ruth Stewart Killed In Plane Crash 1932
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7802...ash-kills-two/
https://www.museumofwomenpilots.org/...stewart-58.htmPosted 09-16-2021 at 06:22 AM by aliasfinn -
Bob Kuzava (1923-2017)
Played baseball for the Cardinals 1957.
Morrie Martin (1922-2010)
Played baseball for the Cardinals 1957-1958.
Eddie Miksis (1926-2005)
Played baseball for the Cardinals 1957.
Von McDaniel (1939-1995)
Played baseball for the Cardinals 1957-1958.
Lindy McDaniel (1935-2020)
Played baseball for the Cardinals 1955-1962.Posted 09-16-2021 at 03:28 PM by aliasfinn -
Drunks Mistook Baby Carriage For Lunch Wagon 1896.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4262...carriage-with/
Strawberry Festival 1963
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3870...lobe-democrat/Posted 09-16-2021 at 07:12 PM by aliasfinn -
Carl East (1894-1953)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1915.
Shorty Dee (1889-1971)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1915.
Reeve McKay (1881-1946)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1915.
Alex Remneas (1886-1975)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1915.
Pete Sims (1891-1968)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1915.Posted 09-17-2021 at 04:21 AM by aliasfinn -
Thunderbird Drive-In Theatre 1959
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4451361/thunderbird-di/
Tiger Coffee Ad 1967
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4963...coffee-at-iga/Posted 09-17-2021 at 04:24 AM by aliasfinn -
1951 Buick Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5740...alers-ad-1951/
1958 Buick Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7753...december-1958/Posted 09-17-2021 at 05:53 AM by aliasfinn -
1949 Buick Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5664...alers-ad-1949/
1949 Buick December Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7424...december-1949/Posted 09-17-2021 at 05:56 AM by aliasfinn -
1948 Buick Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8233...december-1948/
1964 Buick Ad
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5632...eptember-1964/Posted 09-17-2021 at 05:59 AM by aliasfinn