Roland Klose
@rwklose.bsky.social
editor/writer | ex-P-D CA IT RFT etc. | St. Louis | https://rwklose.com
German immigrant Otto Brandenburger sold “toys, fancy goods & notions,” as well as cigars and tobacco, from this business and residence at 515 S. Broadway. His sister, Wilhemina, was a “sales lady” there; she could be the woman in the second-story window. They left for Los Angeles around 1902-1903.
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
German immigrant Otto Brandenburger sold “toys, fancy goods & notions,” as well as cigars and tobacco, from this business and residence at 515 S. Broadway. His sister, Wilhemina, was a “sales lady” there; she could be the woman in the second-story window. They left for Los Angeles around 1902-1903.
St. Louis in 1950 was gearing up for a potential A-bomb attack. As a major railroad center, the city was seen as a prime target and Union Station was likely ground zero. A study conservatively estimated 50,000 would die. A link to the full story -> www.newspapers.com/article/st-l... #atomic #stlouis
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
St. Louis in 1950 was gearing up for a potential A-bomb attack. As a major railroad center, the city was seen as a prime target and Union Station was likely ground zero. A study conservatively estimated 50,000 would die. A link to the full story -> www.newspapers.com/article/st-l... #atomic #stlouis
75 years ago, President Harry S Truman responded to a music critic’s review of his daughter’s recital by threatening to beat him up: “Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you’ll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a supporter below!” #missouri
December 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
75 years ago, President Harry S Truman responded to a music critic’s review of his daughter’s recital by threatening to beat him up: “Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you’ll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a supporter below!” #missouri
A politically connected company that runs illegal gambling machines is a top sponsor of a fundraiser for St. Louis police and firefighters. Because Missouri ... www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A politically connected company that runs illegal gambling machines is a top sponsor of a fundraiser for St. Louis police and firefighters. Because Missouri ... www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
A reminder: More than 150,000 Missourians are at risk of losing some amount of food aid because of the new federal work requirement approved this year by the Republican-led Congress and signed into law by President Trump. kffhealthnews.org/news/article... by Samantha Liss of @kffhealthnews.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A reminder: More than 150,000 Missourians are at risk of losing some amount of food aid because of the new federal work requirement approved this year by the Republican-led Congress and signed into law by President Trump. kffhealthnews.org/news/article... by Samantha Liss of @kffhealthnews.org
“Whiteness and Westernness ... are a fragile reed on which to base the politics of 350 million diverse Americans, all of them ultimately descended from black people.” savageminds.substack.com/p/sorry-whit... by @jricole.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“Whiteness and Westernness ... are a fragile reed on which to base the politics of 350 million diverse Americans, all of them ultimately descended from black people.” savageminds.substack.com/p/sorry-whit... by @jricole.bsky.social
“This is only one of 365 days to be thankful!”
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“This is only one of 365 days to be thankful!”
“A Hymn of Thanksgiving” (1899). Words by Fanny J. Crosby. Music by Ira D. Sankey. Composed and written expressly for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dfv... #thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“A Hymn of Thanksgiving” (1899). Words by Fanny J. Crosby. Music by Ira D. Sankey. Composed and written expressly for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dfv... #thanksgiving
A whimsical menagerie was proposed for the new Saint Louis Zoo by the Post-Dispatch #OnThisDay in 1910. They included gnus supplied by the newspaper, a dodo courtesy of the Cardinals and an octopus from tycoon John D. Rockefeller. #stlouis
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A whimsical menagerie was proposed for the new Saint Louis Zoo by the Post-Dispatch #OnThisDay in 1910. They included gnus supplied by the newspaper, a dodo courtesy of the Cardinals and an octopus from tycoon John D. Rockefeller. #stlouis
Israel plans to expropriate large swaths of Sebastia, a major archaeological site in the West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli settlers are celebrating the creation of a new, unauthorized settlement near Bethlehem. apnews.com/article/west... #palestine
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Israel plans to expropriate large swaths of Sebastia, a major archaeological site in the West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli settlers are celebrating the creation of a new, unauthorized settlement near Bethlehem. apnews.com/article/west... #palestine
Israeli settlers on Monday rampaged through a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, torching homes and cars in the latest in a string of settler attacks in recent weeks. apnews.com/article/isra... #palestine
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Israeli settlers on Monday rampaged through a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, torching homes and cars in the latest in a string of settler attacks in recent weeks. apnews.com/article/isra... #palestine
Why make your children look freakish with cheap imitations
Why, indeed?
Why, indeed?
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Why make your children look freakish with cheap imitations
Why, indeed?
Why, indeed?
With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies and wealthiest investors. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies and wealthiest investors. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Most nations recognize that individuals are in no position to understand or negotiate health care prices. Not the US. open.substack.com/pub/pdowns/p... #healthcare
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Most nations recognize that individuals are in no position to understand or negotiate health care prices. Not the US. open.substack.com/pub/pdowns/p... #healthcare
Black vultures used to mainly live in the southeastern United States and farther south in Latin and South America, but warmer winters, fueled by climate change, have allowed them to spread north and west. apnews.com/article/blac... #weather
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Black vultures used to mainly live in the southeastern United States and farther south in Latin and South America, but warmer winters, fueled by climate change, have allowed them to spread north and west. apnews.com/article/blac... #weather
Police had trouble separating the two men, because Fay was “deeply engaged in masticating Klein’s finger and holding onto it like a vise.” rwklose.com/2025/10/20/b... #stlouis #journalism
October 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Police had trouble separating the two men, because Fay was “deeply engaged in masticating Klein’s finger and holding onto it like a vise.” rwklose.com/2025/10/20/b... #stlouis #journalism
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING WORKS!
Just ask Eric Schmitt, Missouri’s junior US senator. #newspapers #missouri #nokings
Just ask Eric Schmitt, Missouri’s junior US senator. #newspapers #missouri #nokings
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING WORKS!
Just ask Eric Schmitt, Missouri’s junior US senator. #newspapers #missouri #nokings
Just ask Eric Schmitt, Missouri’s junior US senator. #newspapers #missouri #nokings
Confirming US House Speaker Mike Johnson’s worst fears, more than 200 “Marxists,” “socialists,” “Antifa advocates” and “pro-Hamas” protesters gathered in Alton, Illinois for Saturday’s #NoKings protest.
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Confirming US House Speaker Mike Johnson’s worst fears, more than 200 “Marxists,” “socialists,” “Antifa advocates” and “pro-Hamas” protesters gathered in Alton, Illinois for Saturday’s #NoKings protest.
“Many people are already stretched for time between work, parenting, and daily chores. Each new imposition of another shopping chore demands more time that they don’t have and brings them closer and closer to the breaking point.” pdowns.substack.com/p/shopping-o...
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Many people are already stretched for time between work, parenting, and daily chores. Each new imposition of another shopping chore demands more time that they don’t have and brings them closer and closer to the breaking point.” pdowns.substack.com/p/shopping-o...
The St. Louis Board of Education finally sends Superintendent Millicent Borishade packing. Hats off to Blythe Bernhard of the Post-Dispatch. Her persistent reporting kept a spotlight on mismanagement at SLPS. www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
October 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The St. Louis Board of Education finally sends Superintendent Millicent Borishade packing. Hats off to Blythe Bernhard of the Post-Dispatch. Her persistent reporting kept a spotlight on mismanagement at SLPS. www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...