. Police guide and directory of St. Louis. A pocket directory to all places of public resorts and street railroad guide to all points of interest .. . e cents, but it is seldom the traveler is for-tunate in his selection of such cheap lodgings. The rulingprice is fifty cents for a nights lodging, and at this price,good accommodations may be expected. The stranger is by all means warned against enteringthe establishments which offer beds at ten, fifteen andtwenty cents a night. They are patronized only by unfor-tunates, and are neither clean nor safe in any sense. If a stay of any length is com
. Police guide and directory of St. Louis. A pocket directory to all places of public resorts and street railroad guide to all points of interest .. . e cents, but it is seldom the traveler is for-tunate in his selection of such cheap lodgings. The rulingprice is fifty cents for a nights lodging, and at this price,good accommodations may be expected. The stranger is by all means warned against enteringthe establishments which offer beds at ten, fifteen andtwenty cents a night. They are patronized only by unfor-tunates, and are neither clean nor safe in any sense. If a stay of any length is comtemplated, arrangementscan be made in good lodging houses within the areabounded by Sixth and Fourteenth streets, and Clark andFranklin avenues, for a room which can be had at from$ to $ per week, or at the rate of from fifty toseventy-five cents per day for less than a week. It will be found wise for the stranger to consult thepoliceman who walks the beat within which the lodginghouse is composed before entering into any negotiation fora room. This precaution will prevent mistakes that mightbecostly. U. S. CUSTOM HOUSE ANTf The new Custom House and Post Office buildincr islocated between Eighth, Ninth, Locust and Olive stre^ets,and IS a magnificent structure, designed in massive archi-tecture and presenting a very grand and imposing appear-ance. It is four stories in height, and is surmounted by alarge iron dome, from the top of which a fine view is ^4!M!iA Jno. a. Scholtknfob tb aits. Nos. 920 AND 922 OLIVE LARGEST,LIGHTEST, HAND-SOMEST AND BESTAERANGEL GALLEHY IIN ST. LOXJIS. Grand Gold Medal, Merchants Exchange, St. Louis, 1879; awarded 1874,St. Louis Fair Association. Twelve First-Class Medals, and 1881 Two FirstPrizes American Institute, New York, over all exhibitors. Those who havefaded pictures or imapres of distant or deceased friends, can have themrestored new and life-like in Crayon, Oil Painting, Pastel, Water Color orIndia Ink, as ma
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