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Registration is now open for the 21st annual #Cardinals Kids Clinics. Available for boys and girls to an expanded age range of 6-13 years old, #STLCards Kids Clinics offers young ballplayers the opportunity to develop baseball fundamentals from alumni at multiple locations throughout the #StLouis metro area/regional markets. #forthelou #mlb #kidsclinic #baseball #softball https://www.nyrdcast.com/2026/02/registration-open-for-21st-annual-cardinals-kids-clinics/

#OTD (Feb. 26)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#StLouis #Harlem #Chicago #Brooklyn #Bronx #Cleveland #NewEngland #NewJersey #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

On this date, February 26...
• in 1908, St. Louis businessmen form 'White Hand' organization to protect against extortion gangs.
• in 1913, Nino Sacco of Chicago is charged with human trafficking.
• in 1926, Harlem gangster Michael DiBenedetto is sentenced to five years in prison for robbery. In Brooklyn, Joe Adonis is charged with car theft and weapons offenses.
• in 1930, Bronx Mafia boss Gaetano Reina is shot in front of a Sheridan Avenue apartment building and dies at Morrisania Hospital.
• in 1931, Benita 'Vivian Gordon' Bischoff, considered a key witness for a probe into New York police corruption, is found murdered in Van Cortlandt Park.
• in 1932, Lottie Kreisberger Coll is convicted in New York of weapons violation.
• in 1947, former Navy intelligence officer Haffenden tells press that 'Lucky Luciano' provided wartime assistance to U.S.
• in 1948, Tony Delsanter of Cleveland, Joseph Giordano of Youngstown and others are arrested by FBI for possession of stolen furs.
• in 1954, IRS places liens of $86,000 against properties of Raymond L.S. Patriarca.
• in 1959, New Jersey racketeer Abner 'Longie' Zwillman commits suicide by hanging in the basement of his West Orange NJ home.
• in 1961, Genovese Crime Family acting boss Anthony 'Tony Bender' Strollo backs a Gallo gang plan to kidnap the Profaci Crime Family leaders.
• in 1985, a federal indictment is unsealed in the Mafia Commission case.
Image of Abner Zwillman.

Industrial Zone

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“All rebels passing through St. Louis, Mo., are cordially invited to visit L.U. No. 84, I.W.W. at its fine new hall, at 1320 Franklin Avenue.” (The union hall was razed years ago and replaced by a parking lot.) #union #labor #stlouis

A photograph of Wobblies at their new union hall in St. Louis was published on Aug. 7, 1913, by the New Orleans-based Voice of the People.

Cracked

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I just got home from a kinda scary STL Beekeepers meeting. Apparently the yellow legged hornet has made its way to the US, currently in the south east. The biggest worry though are Tropilaelaps mites. They're currently not in the United States but it's only a matter of time. We don't really import bees from overseas but other countries in our hemisphere do. So a "pests on the horizon" talk.

Well I'm going to type my notes and chill out.

Have a good night! 🌃

#today #beekeeping #StLouis

Random Shot

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"#WeinbergHughes, 56, has not one but two sons on that winning team. Her oldest son, #QuinnHughes, a defender for the #MinnesotaWild, played alongside brother Jack. And Weinberg-Hughes was also on the coaching staff of the #US women’s #hockey team as a Player Development Consultant. That team won gold the day before the men’s team did, making Ellen, technically, the first of the Hughes family to win #OlympicGold.

Weinberg-Hughes was raised #Jewish in #StLouis, #Missouri and #Dallas, #Texas. Her father was a doctor who helped advocate for kids’ with learning disabilities. Her brother, award-winning sociologist and president of #DenisonUniversity #AdamWeinberg, shared that growing up in the South, their family experienced “discrimination because of their faith and culture.”

Ellen has had a long and storied career in hockey. It all started when Adam started playing the game."

https://www.kveller.com/jack-hughes-jewish-mom-ellen-weinberg-hughes-is-a-hockey-legend-too/

Why would @Faris & @rosieyakob ask me to guest curate “Strands of Genius” at @geniusstealsco? I dunno But they did, so I did. Thanks to them & apologies in advance to @heyitsnoah @tonymess @LibraryAmerica & the City of #StLouis for, well, you’ll see… https://shorturl.at/BNH8y

Why would @faris & @rosieyakob ask me to guest curate “Strands of Genius” at @geniusstealsco? I dunno But they did, so I did. Thanks to them & apologies in advance to @heyitsnoah @tonymess @LibraryAmerica & the City of #StLouis for, well, you’ll see… https://shorturl.at/BNH8y