. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. ,y-t>;:,„^c/l!-«<^ z*^ -^?SS J^f. i^^ -^V-X J.^y^U^r^^ .-V . ;^;&i -^-?*?•• .—^^^. :-r-^ty^^ -tf/JCu. Petition for the Incorporation of Saint Louis, July 1808. SAIXT LOUIS 7 cyclone swept over a portion of the city, destroyingmuch property and killing many persons. The first paper published in the town was TheMissouri Gazette, the first number being issued inJuly 1808, with Joseph Charless as Editor, he hav-ing the contract to do the printing for the thenterritory of Louisiana. At that time the paperconsisted of four pages measuring 12
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. ,y-t>;:,„^c/l!-«<^ z*^ -^?SS J^f. i^^ -^V-X J.^y^U^r^^ .-V . ;^;&i -^-?*?•• .—^^^. :-r-^ty^^ -tf/JCu. Petition for the Incorporation of Saint Louis, July 1808. SAIXT LOUIS 7 cyclone swept over a portion of the city, destroyingmuch property and killing many persons. The first paper published in the town was TheMissouri Gazette, the first number being issued inJuly 1808, with Joseph Charless as Editor, he hav-ing the contract to do the printing for the thenterritory of Louisiana. At that time the paperconsisted of four pages measuring 12 >^ x 8 1808 and 1822 the name was changed sev-eral times. It was then called The Missouri Re-publican—later the Saint Louis Republican, andin 1888 The St. Louis Republic under whichname it is now published, having recently issuedin 1908 a Centennial edition of exceeding interest,containing 168 pages. The fire department of Saint Louis w^as orga-nized in January 1810, when an ordinance waspassed to draft all free male inhabitants above theage of eighteen years for service as firemen. Allthose south of a certain line were under command
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