- Writing parking tickets with a friendly smile (4/23/24)2
- Mayor Ford, Kiwanis light up Capaha Park's diamond (4/16/24)1
- The rise and fall of Capaha Park's wooden grandstand (4/9/24)
- Death of Judge Pat Dyer, prosecutor of the famous peonage case here in 1906 (4/2/24)2
- A third steamer Cape Girardeau was christened 100 years ago (3/26/24)
- Cape Girardeau christens its namesake (3/19/24)
- The humanist philosophy of Lester Mondale (3/12/24)1
Odd little items make up this blog
From time to time, I like to put together a blog of unrelated stories. Unrelated, except that they're all a bit odd and can't easily fit into a blog on a broader subject.
Take, for example, this first item. The photograph, which is filed in our archive under "Sports," has always caught my eye when I thumb through that folder. I didn't know the story behind it until I came across it while researching the "Out of the past" column.
Published Oct. 4, 1966, in the Southeast Missourian:
Here's hoping no one got hurt running into or falling over that fence!
These youngsters did rack up some injuries, apparently as soon as the school bell announced summer vacation.
In no particular order are several other stories that I hope you'll find interesting.
I hope you've stuck with me through this blog, because this last story is my favorite.
Martin Sanders was my second great-uncle, while the A.C. Miller referred to in the above story was the husband of Martin's niece.
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