Week of Dec. 19-25

Dec. 24, 1921

Cape Girardeau's beautiful new theatre opens tonight

Splendid $125,000 Amusement Palace,

With 1,300 Seats, and All Modern Improvements,

to Present Picture, "The Sheik."

Tonight will see the opening of Southeast Missouri's finest theatre -- the New Broadway -- the $125,000 amusement palace on West Broadway.

Everything is in readiness for the opening performance and the projection of the famed film attraction -- "The Sheik," reputed to be one of the season's screen sensations.

The price of admission will be 10 cents for children, with no war tax for 10-cent tickets, and 30 cents for adults, said Manager S.E. Brady.

A seven-piece orchestra formed by John McCardle, an experience orchestra leader, has been rehearsing and is ready for its local debut...

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Dec. 20, 1969

State College dean, Forrest Rose, dies

Dr. Forrest H. Rose, who joined the State College faculty 39 years ago, became the first head of the college speech department and served the past 24 years as dean of the college, died this morning in a Cape Girardeau hospital.

He would have been70 years old on Dec. 23.

Dr. Rose entered the hospital on Dec. 7.

He was born at Lewis Center, Ohio, on Dec. 23, 1899. He held bachelor's and master's degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University.

For 29 years, Dr. Rose headed the speech department at the college. He retired from this position in 1967.

In 1945, Dr. Rose was elevated to the college deanship, a position he held until his death.

Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Ruth E. Smith of the family home, and two daughters, Mrs. Harry Rust of Cape Girardeau and Mrs. Bruce Kelly of Chicago, Ill., and five grandchildren.

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Dec. 19, 1988

Low river ties up barge traffic

By David Hente ~ Staff writer

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Mississippi River south of St. Louis is blocked to all river traffic today, with over 1,000 barges and nearly 60 towboats waiting to pass upstream and downstream.

The blockage occurred early Sunday morning a the Mississippi fell to minus three feet at St. Louis over the weekend.

A Coast Guard spokesman said the river will remain closed until a dredge can reopen the navigation channel sometime Tuesday.

At Cape Girardeau today, the Mississippi fell to its lowest level in 24 years.

The 7 a.m. river stage at Cape today was 3.1 feet, a fall of 1.5 feet since Friday.

That's the lowest it's been at Cape since Jan 2, 1964, when it was at 2.7 feet