Week of Aug. 21-27

Aug. 22, 1905

Quarantine was put on today

Following the visit to the city yesterday evening of two members of the state board of health, the quarantine was put on today.

The city board of health is superintending the work.

Two doctors were at the trains at noon demanding that all passengers on trains from the South show certificates.

It will be a hard matter to investigate every passenger, but the board will probably ask the Frisco railroad to order conductors to notify the passengers before they arrive.

[Editor's note: On the date this story was written, there was a yellow fever epidemic in the southern United States, which prompted this quarantine.]

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Aug. 27, 1956

ON TO THE BICENTENNIAL

Cape Celebration Hailed as Artistic, Financial Success

The birthday is over and only the bunting -- soon to be removed -- remains as a last reminder of the week-long celebration of Cape Girardeau's 150th anniversary, an even that was a success both artistically and financially.

People from through Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois viewed the city's story in the pageant-spectacle, "The Legend of Cape Girardeau," presented nightly, and at the two parades and and other events of the week.

Proceeds from the event will be used for a youth recreation and welfare fund, which was established by one of the sesquicentennial committees.

The celebration included a pageant, a beard-growing contest, time capsule ceremonies and fireworks.

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Aug. 22, 1970

Arson is evident in mill, truck fires

By John H. Ramey

Missourian staff writer

Fires destroyed the mill operation at M.E. Leming Lumber Co. in south Cape Girardeau Friday night. Five of City Sanitation's nine refuse-disposal trucks on South Kingshighway also went up in flames. A sixth truck was damaged.

Unofficial estimates of damage today were put into the hundreds thousands of dollars.

There seemed no question arson was involved.

Damage to the sawmill was estimated at $200,000.

Estimates of damage to City Sanitation Co. trucks was put at $100,000.

A dragline and high lift used at City Sanitation Co.'s sanitary landfill also were destroyed.

A small United Front movement in Cape Girardeau has confronted the city council on several occasions regarding housing problems in south Cape...