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1989

Representatives of the newly-formed Cape Centre Chamber of Commerce tell the executive board of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce that Centre Chamber would disband and merge with the other group, if certain provisions are met by the older chamber.

There's an unwelcome visitor at some area schools these days; St. Vincent de Paul in Cape Girardeau and the Meadow Heights School District are battling influenza; absenteeism at St. Vincent's is running around 20 percent.

1964

Cape Girardeau schools dismissed 30 minutes early yesterday and there was some anxious scanning of the skies following reports of the sighting of a tornado near Malden, Mo.; nothing more than gusty winds materialized here.

Cape Girardeau Central ran its home winning streak to 22 games and clinched a fourth straight city series basketball title by topping College High 72-44 last night; the victory gave the Tigers a 3-0 city series mark and dropped the Preps to 1-2; Notre Dame is 0-2.

1939

During a conference which S.M. Fox and a group of ministers had with the City Council yesterday, it was stated by Fox that he is negotiating with Louis Hecht, owner of a former garage building on South Main Street, where Fox now has a temporary amusement place, about securing the structure for use as a theater building.

Emil C. Koeppel has resigned as operator of Cape Girardeau's street-sweeping machine, after doing that work 8 1/2 years; in that time, Koeppel has driven sweeping machines around 63,700 miles.

1914

Harvey C. Jones, who at present is in charge of the Miller and Kinder Drug Store in Haarig, will take over management of the Quality Drug Store, in which he recently bought a half interest; Jones says he has leased the room in the Grissom building, next door to the Hassinger jewelry store, and will move into it as soon as possible; he'll change the name of the business to the H.C. Jones Drug Co.

The Rev. H.M. Murtaugh, C.M., nephew of the Rev. James Murtaugh of St. Vincent's College, who has been visiting his uncle the past week, preaches a fine sermon at St. Vincent's Church; young Murtaugh is in the missionary service of the church.

-- Sharon K. Sanders