August 17 1806 Peter Richard Kenrick was born in Dublin, Ireland. When Bishop Rosati died in 1843, Kenrick became Bishop of St. Louis. He became the first Archbishop when the St. Louis Diocese was made an archdiocese in January 1847. Kenrick led the diocese for more than 50 years. By investing in city real estate, he was able to put the diocese on firm financial footing. In 1853, he purchased the land that became Cavalry Cemetery. 1859 John Queeny was born in Chicago. In 1891, he took a job as a buyer for a wholesale drug company in St. Louis. In 1901, he established his own company for the production of saccharine. He named it Monsanto, after his wife, Olga Monsanto Queeny. Queeny Park is named for their son, Edgar, as it was once his estate. 1904 The Olympic gymnastics competitions were underway. George Eyser (at center in the photo) would win the gold in the parallel bars and rope climb, and tie for first in the vault. He also won the silver on the pommel horse and the all-around, and took bronze on the horizontal bar. Eyser’s left leg was made of wood! 1953 Hundreds of school children came out to watch as the last horse-drawn milk wagon on the streets of St. Louis was retired. Quality Dairy retired its 38 horses and replaced them with a fleet of modern trucks. 1954 Banner headlines here told the news that Robert “Hot Rod” Moore had agreed to give up his license “for a year or two.” The handsome 22-year-old son of a Portland Place doctor said he was just showing off while racking up 24 convictions in six years. He was appealing a 370 day sentence in the City Workhouse. As a result of his exploits, Missouri law was changed to make it easier for a judge to suspend the license of repeat traffic offenders. 1964 The Cardinals fired general manager Bing Devine. Gussie Busch was upset because he felt Devine kept him in the dark about a feud between the GM and shortstop Dick Groat. Devine was replaced by Bob Howsam, former general manager of the Denver Bears. Bing would return as GM for the 1968 season and stayed for ten years. 1977 Record dealers here reported a sudden shortage of Elvis records, the day after The King died in Memphis. The manager of Bootheel records in Lemay said some customers had bought up to $100 worth of Elvis albums. The manager of Peaches in Dellwood said Elvis’ latest album, “Moody Blue” had been “bombing out” before the news. He said from a business standpoint, the death of Elvis was a “shot in the arm.”
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