Month of August, 1907, 1908, and 1909. For the Improvement of our Rivers. Monongahela River Notes. Some Reminiscences. Mark Twain's Friend Bixby. New Coal Dump At Cairo. Walk! Late Marine Decisions. Observations From The Bridge. Wharfage And Agency Charges. U. S. Engineers Favor Ohio River. Will Travel In Fine Style.
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.
St. Louis most famous street intersection: This is Grand Avenue looking north, a busy thoroughfare on which there are many theaters… in camp in world war days frequently established a "Grand amd Olive…" was the central gathering point for all the boys from the home town...
Finish of dredging for first cut in Pilot Canal. The Earth plug is being left and will be blasted out to start river flow through new channel. Plug to be blasted October 4, 1952. The dredge (William H. Black) is at upper end of canal.