How cholera killed 15,000 Americans

              

  Visiting the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum in St. Louis, Missouri , America could be interesting as many people irrespective of their ages troop in daily to feed their eyes on the weapons, materials and remnants of the instrum
ents used in the many wars the Americans had fought.

     

               Entrance to the building

                      MEMENTOS OF WARS

    The two gigantic buildings used for the soldiers museum  house all these war materials from the soldiers' personal effects to machine guns and letters sent from the war front.
  The emotional one to this reporter are sections where pictures showed mothers who brought wreaths to the gravesides of their children who fought in the war was saddening.

Some mothers went to France to deposit wreaths on the gravesides of their beloved sons and daughters who died in France during the War II.

  Photographs of hundreds of young men and women who prepared for war in defence of America and for their love of their fatherland ,America are on display.  Also displayed were  pictures of young men with  rifles , and women working with the Red Cross Society who went to War to treat the wounded soldiers. Not only these as  motion pictures,  videos, visual aids, telegrams , telegraphic messages and old radio with messages could  that break one's heart  were there too. Listening  to recorded messages and watching the videos being played  could make one cry as the voice of the slain soldiers echo into one's ears.  Sections where masks used  against chemical weapons  during the Vietnam war were on display. 

The First World War started in July 28, 1914 and ended in November 11,1918  while the Second World War  started  in 1939 -1945. 
 The Vietnam War was between(November 1,1955 to April 30, 1975)   which lasted  19 years and 180 days  to April 30, 1975) but America got involved in 1965.With many lives lost of young men and women in the wars!

A young man whose name is Robbie spent time looking at   pictures of some young men and women who died in the war and cried out of emotion  '' What a painful thing to have our young children perished for a cause they did not know about. War is not the best solution to any crisis'', he wiped his misty eyes with a handkerchief''.
Another Tourist , a woman who declined to tell her name said '' this is a place of mourning , no matter what , many souls were gone in the name of defending our country and for  unworthy cause '', as she sobbed.

 But the Tourist Guide said it is not only war that killed these people .According to Jack , ''it is not only the war that killed many people when the war was going on, though many Louisans [ Natives of St.Louis in America) were sent to the war to fight in the American Revolution but those who died at home were many'', he said , nodding .

       HOW 15,000 DIED OF CHOLERA IN AMERICA
Speaking with the Tourist Guide Jack, who said he has spent some time working in the museum explained what happened in 1854, pointing to a map , he said '' you can see the stream flowing  , that is the former Mill Creek , did you hear the story? .He began:
'' In the year 1854 about between 12,000 to 15000 thousand people in St. Louis died from cholera .It was saddening'', Jack said as he went down memory lane.( Research shows it was  1833 Cholera outbreak).

   

He  continued with the story  ''  it was kind of like the River Des Peres, it was a Dam. Here the Louisans were drinking from this water . The population of the town was between 60,000 to 70,000 thousand and from this population about 12, 000 to 15,000 thousand people died , and the cause was traced to the pond. ''Unfortunately, they didn't know about germs or antibiotics then'', he said as he was showing the map to this reporter.
              
                              
                    AFTERMATH OF  THE POND
Asked  what happened to the  pond, Jack said ''the pond was filled up. Today, it is a route for trains to pass through,it became a main route of the West," the 64-year- old Tourist guide said.

"Braiding is lucrative in America"

Hair braiding has been the culture of African American women for Centuries. It is deep rooted in their communities. 

Some types and styles of braids include but not limited to Micro, Box, French Braids, Pixie, Cornrow, Yarn and Goddess Braids to name a few.  Popular among the African American men that get their hair braided is Cornrow or French Braid. Please let us not leave out other Nationalities that embellish this culture. 

However, it is noted that many man- hours is spent on braiding ranging from One hour to 12 hours depending on your choice of style and length of braid that can cost you between $50 to $500 dollars.

 Some people go to Cosmetology School to learn how to  braid hair as a skill while others learn from home and posses the same quality of skill with those who went to school study it.
Stella who has been braiding for many years said '' I went to school of Cosmetology for a few months, and I have been braiding for some years now. I have been making money, braiding is lucrative in America''.

Here is a video on the beauty shown on the braided hair from a talented artist when this reporter visited  St. Louis Art Gallery, Missouri (USA).

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       Temperature was above 100 degrees that night when Peter stormed out of his house. David his younger brother called out to him, "Peter please come back !". His wife, Gloria screamed to Peter  " Please forgive me".

    Suicidal thoughts engulfed Peter's mind thinking about his brother David in bed with his wife as he paced up and down the streets like a mad man with much profanity being spoken aloud. He thought about killing his younger brother for the betrayal with his wife.

         David  panicked , he  jumped into his ride doing about 90 thinking that Peter would soon follow. He couldn't believe that he had stoop so low as to betray his only brother when he lost control of his car and went over the cliff. Gloria was still at home waiting for her husband to come back to explain but he never did.
        Peter walked the streets to clear his head.  He saw some smoke coming up from a car nearby but was not moved. The anger, the betrayal and  the hatred he felt for David and Gloria filled his mind. He contemplated killing them both. His eyes were blood shot as he mumbled  "how could they? , I've given all I had to my wife and this is how she repaid me; and my brother whom I sacrificed my education along with my college savings to make sure he graduated  with a Masters Degree in Philosophy''. 
Unknown to David that his brother just dropped nearby to say hello to him but met only his wife at home which resulted to suspicion.
         He couldn't take the thought of what happened anymore , he  muttered " I'm going to kill them , I'm going to kill them both" .As he turned around to walk back to his house, he started planning on how he was going to commit this act of violence.
        The arrival back home stopped him at the gate ,for he could see flashing lights in his driveway. It was the Police looking for him to come and identify his brother at the morgue. He was already numb at the thought of his brother and wife being together but didn't realize that it was his brother that needed his help in the burnt car he passed by when he went out by the cliff.



      He spoke angrily to the police officer " What brother ?, I don't have a brother !".  Gloria stood there in shame and shock , tears streamed from her eyes for she didn't know how to approach her husband. Falling to the floor and reaching out to him, she replied " Please forgive me " . He had no remorse . Peter responded to Gloria " I wish you were dead ".
       The Police overheard him but didn't warrant further actions due to Gloria identifying David previously . They just thought he was in distraught with the loss of his brother. After the Police left, Gloria was still on the floor sobbing. Peter went into his room to look for the gun his father gave him but couldn't find it. He stormed through the house to look for anything to decapitate his wife, enraged with hatred, and the constant thought of his brother on top of his wife while she was enjoying the moment drove him insane. 
              Gloria had left the house for she knew nothing good could come from her husband of twenty years as Peter continued to destroy what was in there. Finally Peter came across a machete , looking at it as if it was something good to eat, he then called out " Gloria , ohhh..  Gloria are you still here darling?''. Searching every room , opening every closet there was no Gloria. Peter finally exhausted himself.
             He awoke in a deep sweat and shivering while his wife hovering over him with a cup of coffee. She asked " Are you alright dear ? ''. As his brother brought in a newspaper. Peter was staring at him , glued to were he was ,then he realized it was a dream.