The St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Company
To Augustus A. Blumenthal Dr. 1864 October 1st
To have my --- Time, thru there carelessness demolished and to totaly destroyed and my driver killd. ----- $200.00
To Dr. Karnsby ---- attendens on the man runnet over $10.00
To Dr
The dredges (Ste. Genevieve) and (William H. Black) as they dredge opposite each other with 100 feet reamining to mark completion of the canal to divert the river channel. An Earth wall 50 feet thick will not be dredged. It will be blasted out October 4, 1052. Dredges now at stations 6+00' and 7+00'. Kansas City District, channel diversion.
Headed overseas before Christmas, Pvt. George A. Posey wistfully spent his last few minutes in St. Louis yesterday at Union Station with his girl friend, Miss Margaret Scheer, 226 Fannie ave., Luxemburg, as the Southwest Hight School Choir strolled through the station singing Christmas carols. Posey, who had been stationed at the Army Medical Depot here, was off for Seattle and duty overseas.
Amusement park fire under inquiry: Firemen, silhouetted against blazing amusement rides at the Chain of Rocks Fun Fair Park, fight the fire which caused an estimated $180,000 in damage.