The Odean was an opera theater. My Grandmother sang there. Besch's Grove I bet is Busch's Grove a restaurnt that recently closed I think the St. Louis Browns may have been a ballteam at that time...will have to check on that. Diaries are a great source of information about the real life your family led. It is a window into the past and shows how active your family was. Great find for you! Laura > [Original Message] > From: <LuvKUHawks@aol.com> > To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/27/2004 6:40:55 PM > Subject: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > > I don't know if anyone would be interested in any of this or if it is even > appropriate to post this. > I found a 1903 diary in which my grandfather recorded two months of entries, > and the 1905 diary that my grandmother kept. Several of you have helped to > track down the Kinloch office mentioned in Grandma's diary. I have taken notes > on some places and thought perhaps some of you might find them of interest. > My grandparents were William and Helena Gaul Weitz, who were married in St. > Louis in 1905. > > 1903: "the Columbia" to a show > Castle Square (I can't tell if this is a place or a performing group. My > grandparents saw several different operas there or performed by the group) > a dance at "the Benton" > Mrs. Beucky's/Beuky's Dancing School > Jim's Minstrel Show > "the Century" > Ellery's Band at the Music Hall > a James O'Neill show > > 1905: > different shows at "the Highlands" > Compton Hill Church > to "the Garrick, our new theater" > the Victor office (my note: I am wondering if this is another telephone > company > office similar to the Kinloch office) > beautiful music at "the Olympic" > WCTU meeting at Anchor Hall > dinner at Besch's Garden > 8/27/1905 entry - one year ago they went to "the Fair" - the 1904 World's > Fair in > St. Louis > Grandpa went "to the ball game" (my note - professional baseball team???) > to "the Alps" - to the orchestra > saw a play at "the Odeon" > Veiled Prophet Parade > dance at Westminster Hall > supper at Milford's > > Further information on any of these would be of interest. > Thank you. > Frances > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and attachments are removed. A virus that is distributed as an attachment will not reach you through a RootsWeb mailing list. For further information about Viruses, Trojans, Worms etc., go please to: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/virus.html. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237