Out of the past 11/11/13

1988

The nation pauses to pay homage to veterans of all wars; a Veterans Day service is held at the Veterans Memorial in Cape County Park North, with local attorney and veteran James McHaney as the main speaker.

Sixteen more arrests were made yesterday and this morning as a result of a 10-month undercover drug investigation; they brought to 38 the number of people who have been arrested to date.

1963

Rush H. Limbaugh speaks to an audience assembled in the Houck Field House for Veterans Day ceremonies about the history and significance of the day and its meaning for the future; taking note of the fact that there are veterans of four wars in the crowd, Limbaugh goes on to explain the significance of each struggle.

Uncluttered four-lane travel will be available throughout the winter to Kingshighway motorists on sections at either end of the Highway 61 widening project; two-lane traffic will probably continue to prevail through the middle section of the project this winter.

1938

No special ceremony marks Armistice Day in Cape Girardeau; the district American Legion meeting this year is at Dexter, Mo., and most of the post members who usually participate in Armistice Day programs are there.

An additional allotment from the Rural Electrification Administration of $198,000 for the construction of approximately 208 miles of rural electric lines for the Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid Counties Cooperative Association is announced by H. Madison Zaricor of Benton, Mo., project superintendent; the new allotment will build lines which will serve Stoddard County and some additional mileage in each of the three other counties.

1913

Mrs. Kate Doyle, widow of Leo Doyle, was run down yesterday by a streetcar on South Spanish Street, as she walked to St. Vincent's Catholic Church to attend Mass; she suffered a compound fracture to the skull and a hemorrhage of the brain.

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jack Warmack's old saloon stand again bears the clink of glasses and the rattle of spoons; H.L. Burkhart of Oran, Mo., has opened up a thirst parlor in the same building.

-- Sharon K. Sanders