J. W. McMurry Construction Co. Workers weaving willow mattresses on the Mississippi River above the Chain of Rocks, in the effort to protect the river bank. St. Louis Water Department, 1915.
The St. Louis Sokol Orchestra, circa 1915. The director of the orchestra was K. Trcka. Sokol, an organization similar to a German Turnverein, was started by Czech/Bohemian immigrants in 1865. The St. Louis Sokol organization owned the hall at Ninth and Allen avenues; it is now known as Smile Lofts. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by the Gymnastic Association Sokol.
Alphabetically arranged and classified by streets, with a list of the most prominent citizens in St. Louis, Alton, East St. Louis, Carlinville and St. Charles. Also a complete list of club members with their business locations.
Being a complete index of the residents of the entire city, and a CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY which is added a miscellaneous department containing useful information of the churches, societies, railroads, city, state and other matter a complete parcel post guide, also STREET AND AVENUE DIRECTORY
Being a complete street and classified list of the manufacturing, mercantile, and professional interests of the entire city, together with statistics in reference to the federal, state and city governments, etc., also containing Business Directories of Alton, Ill., Belleville, Ill., East St. Louis, Ill., Granite City, Ill., Madison, Ill., St. Charles, Mo., and Venice, Ill., Formerly titled Gould's Commercial Register.
An Arch on the River Front was pictured in the Globe-Democrat edition of Nov. 21, 1915. The planners of this stone structure, which was to be the center of a beautification plan, formed to work for the improvement of the river front.