Vol. XXII, No. 24. Boat Lines Request Support: Affirms Senator Burton's Statement That People Do Not Utilize Present Depth of Water-Steamboats Begging For Business. U. S. Dredge Engineer Drowned. New Machinery Being Built. The St. Charles (MO.) Boat Races. Gracey Childers Burns to Water's Edge. Hoosier Boy Wins Again.
This page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicts images of Franklin Edson, George O. Barnes, John A. Cockerill, and Alonzo W. Slayback. Edson and Barnes are written about on the page while a popular demonstration in front of the Post Dispatch office following the murder of Slayback by Cockerill is depicted below Slayback's and Cockerill's images.
This document contains the thirtieth annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association for the year 1875. It was published following the annual meeting in January of 1876.