RecordsOctober 27, 2013
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The Cape Girardeau County Commission approves a resolution creating a new fund to assist in the expenses of criminal investigations; known as the Cape County Crime Reduction Fund, the program will allow judges to require payments into the fund as one of the conditions for probation in certain types of criminal cases...
1988
The Cape Girardeau County Commission approves a resolution creating a new fund to assist in the expenses of criminal investigations; known as the Cape County Crime Reduction Fund, the program will allow judges to require payments into the fund as one of the conditions for probation in certain types of criminal cases.
After seeds were planted this spring, the summer drought dried up hopes for a good pumpkin crop; nevertheless, as quickly as the drought appeared to be destroying the crop, late season rains came and saved it.
1963
Members of Eisleben Lutheran Church of Illmo, along with most other Lutherans and a great many Protestants, observe Reformation Day; the day is particularly significant for the Illmo church, because the birthplace of Martin Luther, Eiseleben, East Germany, is the church's namesake; it is the only one in the Missouri Synod named Eisleben.
About 1,600 messengers and visitors from churches affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention will attend the 129th annual meeting of the convention here Tuesday through Thursday at First Baptist Church.
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1938
Construction of a new church building for the Maple Avenue Methodist congregation will begin within a few weeks; at a meeting yesterday, the congregation decided to build a brick church at a cost of at least $20,000 on a lot just north of the present edifice at South Ellis Street and Maple Avenue.
Cape Girardeau residents must observe nearly 850 ordinances, embracing more than 800,000 words; some of the measures have been more or less forgotten, but they remain on the books just the same.
1913
Mrs. J.A. Davenport goes down to East Prairie, Mo., for a visit home; she is accompanied by her sister, Maud Russell, who had attended the teachers' convention here, but missed her train home Sunday.
The water and light franchise agreement appears to be headed for more delays; it is suggested that president W.S. Dearmont of the Normal School has again entered the negotiations with the Missouri Public Utilities Co., by quietly directing the work of Councilman Charles Armgardt.
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