Denise Lincoln
HistoryJuly 20
Pie prank leads to shots firedA pie prank on Good Hope Street in 1924 escalated into a racially charged confrontation when patrolman Ivan Robinson fired shots at a fleeing Black youth. The incident prompted swift action from Cape Girardeau's mayor and city council, highlighting the city's compl...
FeaturesMay 11
In the Spirit — Rev. Ben E. CannonBen E. Cannon, born in 1886 in Cedarbluff, Mississippi, learned building trades as a young boy, working alongside his father. As a young teen, Cannon moved to eastern Arkansas, following bricklaying and carpentry jobs, hired to repair and restore old plantation hou...
FeaturesApril 6
Sgt. Jesse Cooper ties Cape Girardeau to the 4th USC HAOn a bluff high above the Mississippi River, remnants of a massive chain, a 9-foot anchor, artillery guns and cannons -- a former battle ground shares space with picnic tables, a playground and benches from which to watch modern tow boats maneuvering barges. A day ...
FeaturesMarch 2
Remembering Martha MiddlebrookIt was crushing news for a widowed mother. An officer from the local Naval Reserve Center came to her Amethyst Street home in Cape Girardeau on Tuesday, April 8, 1975. He relayed heartbreaking news that her only child, 31 year-old Martha, was listed on a manifest f...
FeaturesJanuary 27
Life of service -- R.X. ArthurThe City of Cape Girardeau maintains three "marble farms" (Ivan Doig's humorous description of a cemetery) -- the Lorimier cemeteries (Old and New) and Fairmount. The adage "Size is everything!" is evident in Cape Girardeau's cemetery culture. The largest, tallest ...
FeaturesDecember 23, 2023
Remembering Christmas from long agoChristmas, as celebrated a century ago in Cape Girardeau's Black community, is not a mystery. In fact, year by year, holiday activities were recounted in "Out of Town" articles in the St. Louis Argus -- a newspaper whose primary audience was Black subscribers. ...
FeaturesNovember 18, 2023
Serving all alike -- Eulinberg's PlaceWooden, hand-built and amateur-painted billboards enticed mid-century truckers, car travelers and locals to stop at Eulinberg's Place. The signs boldly clarified -- "Colored and White Served Alike" -- in an era when Black travelers had few options for safe and acco...
FeaturesOctober 14, 2023
Cape Girardeau has rich restaurant historyGood food, served up fast, at a decent price -- Cape Girardeau has long been the regional restaurant destination for this area. No less at the turn of the last century than now. Main Street offered hungry diners several choices in the 1890s -- The St. Charles Hotel...
FeaturesSeptember 9, 2023
St. James AME: 160 years, bold and blessedDeep and wide is the influence of St. James African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church of Cape Girardeau observing its 160th anniversary this summer. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed the enslaved in the states in rebellion, but not in Misso...Advertisement
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