The Allen Social Club
May 7, 1909 - Post-Dispatch
Hadley Urges Legislature to Curb Lid Clubs - "Lid Lifting" clubs were social clubs that were not licensed to sell alcohol and were "open violators of the dramshop law." Nefarious activities included selling booze on Sunday. Over 200 clubs were called out in the article, including the Allen Social Club at 811 Allen Ave.
October 8, 1910 - Post-Dispatch
Clubs Against Prohibition - The Allen Social Club joined the Missouri Anti-Prohibition Association.
October 8, 1910 - Star-TImes
Clubs Vote Against "Drys" - The Allen Social Club joins the opposition to state-wide prohibition. Note this is the same date as the previous article in the P-D.
January 19, 1919 - Post-Dispatch
34, Including Two Saloon Men, in Sunday Raids - "At the Allen Social Club, 811 Allen Avenue, 11 men were arrested, 13 cases of bottled beer confiscated."
Births
Marriages
February 19, 1887 - Post-Dispatch
Robert Spinner, 30 - 1714 South Ninth St
Anna Mayer, 36 - 811 Allen Av
September 12, 1888 - Post-Dispatch
Wm. Sheid - 811 Allen Av
Emma Becker - 716 Lafayette Av
January 16, 1896 - Post-Dispatch
Anthony Utter - 811 Allen
Henrietta Felings - 822 Soulard
October 17, 1942 - Post-Dispatch
Charles Earl Ward - 811 Allen
Mrs. Sireany Britton - St. Louis
January 19, 1943 - Post-Dispatch
Clarence Dee Pfifer - 811 Allen
Marabeth George - 2415 Hadley
December 29, 1949 - Post-Dispatch
Andrew J. Clemons - 811 Allen
Marilyn D. Ford - 2515A Farrar
June 16, 1968 - Post-Dispatch
Carl L. Permenter - 811 Allen
Mrs. Della M. Klingelberg - 811 Allen
Deaths
January 30, 1931 - Post-Dispatch
Zumwalkt, Alma C. - On Thursday, Jan. 29, 1931, at 5:45 a.m., beloved daughter of Marie and the late Carl Zumwalt. Funeral from residence, 811 Allen Avenue, Saturday, Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. Internment St. Matthews' Cemetery.
November 24, 1940 - Post-Dispatch
Hillard, Elizabeth - 811 Allen st., Sat., Nov. 24, 1940, 4:30 p.m., dear mother of Mrs. Helen Charles, Mrs. Leona Furness, Mrs. Mabel Dodier, Joseph and William Davis.
Funeral from Weick Bros.' Parlor's, 412 Duchouquette st., 2 p.m. Tues., Nov. 26, to Memorial Park Cemetery.
Other Noteworthy Articles
November 15, 1904 - Republic
ONE-FOOT FALL PROVES FATAL
Herman Suren, of No. 811 Allen Avenue, Sustains Fractured Skull Plunging Backward Through Door.
A fall of only one foot caused the death yesterday of Herman Suren, a carpenter, living at No. 811 Allen avenue, while he was at work at No. 1623 South Broadway.
Suren was at work in a rear room on the first floor, repairing the flooring near a door which led into the rear yard, which is paved with granitoid.
He was on his knees and as he attempted to arise he lost his balance and fell backward through the door into the yard. His head struck the pavement with such a force as to fracture his skull.
The occupants of the house went to his aid, but he was unconscious and died shortly afterwards. The body was removed to the morgue.
August 14, 1914 - Post-Dispatch
MOVING MAN ARRESTED
Watch Found in a Shoe and Chain About One Leg.
Mrs. Anton Tedle, who moved yesterday from 811 Allen avenue to 1502 Menard street, caused the arrest of one of the men who moved her furniture when she missed three shirts and a watch and chain.
The watch was found in the right shoe of Elmer Colbert of 710 Marion street and the chain was about his leg. The shifts were found tucked beneath the driver's seat.
December 16, 1924 - Post-Dispatch
Man Dies After Being Found Pinned Under Auto.
Arnold Fisler, 27 years old, 317 Russell avenue, who was found pinned beneath a motor car at Broadway and Dakota avenues yesterday, died five hours later of skull fracture. Other occupants of the car, Eugene Hartoebben, 28, 2606 South Seventh boulevard, and Jacob Traun, 25, 811 Allen avenue, driver of the car, were critically injured, both suffering skull fractures. Traun said the accident occurred when the steering gear of the car broke.
September 7, 1928 - Post-Dispatch
Alma O'Farrell, 20, 811 Allen avenue, and Bessie Mayberry, 18, 2619 North Nineteenth street, were crossing Ninth street at St. Louis avenue yesterday when a city sprinkler truck squirted water in their direction. They stepped back into the path of an automobile driven by Theodore Schnitzer, 1837 D street, Granite City. Miss O'Farrell suffered injuries to the head and abdomen, and Miss Mayberry suffered lacerations. Police arrested Schnitzer and the driver of the sprinkler, Guss Wassman, 5600 Greer avenue.
February 21, 1941 - Post-Dispatch
174 More Men Sent to Barracks; Draft Total Here 378 for Week
165 to Go Monday From Six Wards - Board Finds Nearly All Registrants Are Willing to Serve.
Ward 8
William Davis, volunteer, 28, laborer, 811 Allen.
April 3, 1949 - Post-Dispatch
5-ROOM BRICK HOUSE; will trade for small farm near city limits. See Mr. McNeal, 811 Allen av.
June 12, 1949 - Post-Dispatch
SITUATIONS WANTED
GIRL, day or night; experienced. 811 Allen. Miss McNeal
June 15, 1953 - Post-Dispatch
Two Girls Struck by Auto.
Two 16-year-old girls were injured yesterday when they were struck at 8600 South Broadway by an automobile driven by Emmett Osburg, a merchant, 307 Gark street, Jefferson Barracks.
Martha Yvonne Fields, 2232 South Broadway, suffered a compound fracture of the left leg. She was taken to City Hospital. Catherine Clemens, 811 Allen avenue, was released after treatment for abrasions and contusions. Osburg said he was passing a truck which had double-parked when the two girls stepped in front of his automobile.
June 16, 1956 - Post-Dispatch
MAN ATTACKED IN PARK
Joseph R. Clemons, 28 years old, 811 Allen avenue, was assaulted in Lafayette park last night by two men and a woman, he told police. The three accosted him, asking where he was going. When he didn't reply, the attackers struck him with a blackjack and knocked him down, but he struggled and they fled, he reported.
Clemons suffered serious head injuries and was taken to City Hospital. He told police he had $107 with him but the three were unable to steal it.
October 18, 1996 - Post-Dispatch
Grant Helps Save House, History of Soulard.
By Carolyn Tuft
Of the Post-Dispatch Staff
Robert Cook lives in what may be the oldest standing home in Soulard, thanks to a federal grant that rehabbed and saved the historic Trapper House.
Cook, a chef at Clementine's Bar in Soulard, bough the house last year for $65,000 after a community development block grant paid to rehab the home at 811 Allen Street. It had been boarded up since a fire a decade ago.
Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. and Alderman Phyllis Young, D-7th Ward, dedicated the historic building Thursday night and broke ground on a project to rehab the building next door.
The 2-story Trapper House was built between 1820 and 1840. It is of German "Pachwerk" construction, made of a heavy timber frame held together with brick "rogging" between the timber.
"This building got its name because it was built to accommodate trappers who came here to sell their wares," Cook said proudly. "The trappers were offered meals here and, a lot of the time, a place to stay before they went back out."
Cook said such projects were a wonderful opportunity for the city to save its heritage. "It gives a really good opportunity for those intermediate income buyers to buy these homes,: Cook said.
The Trapper House is one of six that have been rehabbed in the 800 block of Allen Street. The $65,000 community development block grant allowed the developers to get a $100,000 private loan.
The Trapper House has sat vacant since 1986, when a fire destroyed the building's upper level.