This bulletin for the year 1898 contains a program for the club's activities, annual reports, transcripts of addresses given at the annual dinner, library rules and recent additions to the collection, a list of technical publications in other St. Louis libraries, and various other matters including articles, club rules, and past presidents. Additionally, it lists club members, including occupations, addresses, and the date they became a member. The bulletin ends with an advertising directory.
"Camp Stephens, Jefferson Barracks, showing the tent city which stood on the reservation throughout 1898. A soldier can be discerned in the hollow in foreground on sentry-go even though the nearest enemy was in Cuba. All of Missouri's volunteer regiments in the War with Spain passed through Camp Stephens, a total of just over 8000 men. The Barracks was also used as a regular army post for the cavalry depot and as an organization point for horse and mule pack teams. Volunteers were not allowed to use the Barracks buildings."
Record of masters, mates, pilots, and engineers of merchant steam, motor, and sail vessels kept by the United States Steamboat Inspection Service in 1897.
Being a complete index to the residents of the entire city, and a classified business directory, to which is added an appendix containing useful information of the churches, societies, railroads, city, state, and other miscellaneous matters, also a newly revised street and avenue directory., The digitization of this directory was made possible through the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
Bill of lading for shipment on the steamboat Buckeye State, for delivery of 1 box of saddlery. Goods were transported from Paducah, Kentucky to Wrightsville, Missouri, 1898. M. Michael & Bro. Co., wholesale harness and sadlery, buggies, carts, etc.
"Olive and Fourteenth, looking east on Olive. A Turners' parade is passing St. Louis Exposition Hall which was 1884's counterpart of Kiel Auditorium. In 1883, a Mercantile Club meeting decided to erect an exposition building, and the $1,000,000 edifice was built in 1883-84 on the 6-acre Missouri Park bounded by Olive, St. Charles, Thirteenth and Fourteenth (now the Public Library, Locust stret, and Lucas Sunken Garden). The music hall, in the center of the building, had 3507 seats and could crowd in 2000 standees. Annual exhibitions of machinery and manufactures were held here each fall in conjunction with the old Fair. Music Hall patrons were treated to the strains of Gilmore's 65-piece band until 1893 when Col. Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore died here during the festival and was succeeded by John Phillip Sousa's band. The hall was a meeting place for conventions and public gatherings of all kinds until it was razed in 1907. This picture dates from about Spanish-American War times."
Photograph of Broadway in St. Louis in 1897. The view is looking north from Pine towards Olive. It includes many people walking on the sidewalks in front of stores and large buildings. There's a horse-drawn carriage and an electric streetcar.
In the struggle of the packet boats against rail competition the Anchor Line put up a bold fight. To reduce operating expenses they built the Bluff City, the only stern-wheeler the Anchor Line ever built. She came out new in October 1896, built at Jeffersonville, Indiana. But fate was against her as she lasted but one year. On November 18, 1897 she caught fire at Chester, Illinois on the Mississippi River. The fire was supposed to have been started by a spark from a pipe falling among some logs. She and her cargo were a total loss. The steamer was valued at $55,000 and the cargo at $30,000.
Being a complete index to the residents of the entire city, and a classified business directory, to which is added an appendix containing useful information of the churches, societies, railroads, city, state, and other miscellaneous matters, also a newly revised street and avenue directory., The digitization of this directory was made possible through the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
The St. Louis Credit Guide is organized in two parts. Part 1 alphabetically lists business names and addresses along with their credit rating and estimated worth. The key to the credit rating abbreviations is found on the last page. Part 2 alphabetically lists real estate owners, their addresses , and the assessed value of their property. It also contains an introduction about Commercial Laws of Missouri related to debt collection, as well as a listing of banks, trust and safe deposit companies in St. Louis. The pages are not numbered., The digitization of this directory was made possible through the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
1 and 1/4-inch round, pin back button with black and white portrait of William McKinley framed by a gold scroll and the American flag in the background. Button has a paper label on reverse for Allied Printing Trades Council 3, Newark, and Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark.