Out of the past 11/30/14

1989

Gov. John Ashcroft is in Cape Girardeau to dedicate Southeast Missouri State University's new general services building at 122 S. Ellis St.; Regent J.P. Tlapek, his wife, and their son, John C. Tlapek, donated the building on behalf of their company, Auto Tire and Parts.

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Noranda Aluminum Co. officials say they'll start replacing striking workers, if they don't return to their jobs Monday; the company has been negotiating a new contract with the union for 13 weeks.

1964

The first hard, wintry punch of the season brought the Thanksgiving weekend to a frigid and hazardous conclusion yesterday; the heavy rain that invaded the St. Louis area just grazed Cape Girardeau and the vicinity, but this area was bitten by the mass of cold weather that rolled down from the north; this morning's low is 10 degrees.

The stone walls of the old railroad depot on Independence Street are toppled in the morning by Public Works Department employees to complete the razing which was started Friday; the rock will be salvaged by the Park Department for use in the construction of a State Conservation Commission building in Arena Park.

1939

Hunters in the Cape Girardeau district are both numerous and untiring this season; as a consequence, dealers in shooting supplies are having the best business for some time; there has been an unusual flight of wild geese along the river, particularly south of here.

Evelyn Taylor, an evangelist who has been here since Aug. 1 holding revival meetings, first in a tent at Lorimier and William streets and later at 421a Broadway, says she will organize a church of the Four Square Gospel this evening.

1914

The new steamer Peoria of the Eagle Packet Co., arrives here in the afternoon on her maiden trip, which she is making to winter headquarters; the boat, one of the finest on the river, is the last to be built by Capt. Henry Leyhe, and he spared no expense; the Peoria has 165 staterooms, which are fitted up with the best fixtures to be found.

Mrs. Emma Ziegler Fougeu, one of the oldest residents of Cape Girardeau, dies at her home on South Spanish Street; she was born in Perry County on Oct. 11, 1834, and came here with her parents when she was about 5; she married H.G. Fougeu, a Frenchman, in 1870; she is survived by a son, a daughter and a brother.

-- Sharon K. Sanders