"For days after the fire, police maintained special details to keep the curious from the ruins. Then eight days later, the proud structure, once hailed for its graceful architectural lines and fort-like appearance, claimed six more lives when a wall fell on the adjoining St. Louis Seed Company building. Rest of walls were then levelled by dynamite."
Ten pretty high school graduates have been hired as pages by the Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Company to replace office boys promoted to fill vacancies created by older employes being called into the army and others who quit for defense jobs.
Pulling up to the bank kiosk, located on the curb in front of the St. Louis Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Co., customer places her bank book into a tray that will be carried to a teller under the sidewalk by a fast moving elevator.
"Low teller counters replace the old-fashioned high teller cages in the new quarters of the Boatmen's National Bank in St. Louis. Lighting is a combination of incandescent fixtures and fluorescent cove lighting. The ceiling is light tan with white plaster decorations."
Two original captions: "This is the city's famed Third and Washington loop as it appeared during the war with Spain. Building on the right is the old Perkinsand Herpel's Mercantile College. Beyond that is old Boatmen's Bank building, which housed Missouri Athletic Club." "Third and Washington in Spanish-American War times. At Taylor avenue car is starting to round the loop. The building on the north side of Washington between Third and Fourth housed Perkins & Herpel's Mercantile College which offered day and night school classes in all branches of commercial studies; the prospectus said that 'students may join at any time, as there are no vacations and no classes, each receiving personal attention from the seven professors who assist Messrs. Perkins & Herpel.' Behind it rises the ill-fated Boatmen's Bank building which housed the Missouri Athletic Club until the disastrous fire of 1914."
Automatic machine which tells the time to telephone callers night and dry, was geared yesterday to carry Community Chest messages through the chest drive for $4,785,000.
The names of 51 employees of the First National bank in St. Louis who are now serving with the armed forces of the United States appear on this attractive honor roll roster recently placed in the north lobby of the bank. The names are in white letters on a blue background. The letters on the top panel are in red, on a white background. As employees join the services their names will be added to the roster.
