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1987

The first ever Railfan Weekend kicks off at Jackson, sponsored by the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Co.; the event features steam and diesel powered trains, antique automobiles, HO model trains and more.

The nearly defunct John L. Wescoat Marina in Trial of Tears State Park will get a new lease on life if plans to clean out its silted-in harbor are successful; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend $250,000 on the marina to make it usable.

1962

Solid Democratic majorities in Cape Girardeau overcame heavy Republican out-county voting yesterday to give 11 Democrats victories or leads in the 13 county contests; a record off-year turnout of more than 15,000 voters streamed to the county's 44 polling places under sunny skies.

Rural voters cast a heavy dissenting voice against a recreation lake in the west part of Cape Girardeau County on Tuesday to bring about its defeat under the two-thirds rule for bond issue elections, although it received a majority in favor.

1937

Initiating its observance of Armistice Day, members of the American Legion attend the morning worship service at the Christian Church; occupying the pulpit is the post's chaplain, True Taylor, an ordained minister of the Disciples of Christ Church.

Christ Foeste, 71, for 49 years a government light tender on the Mississippi River, is drowned early in the day in the river 10 miles south of Cape Girardeau near Bainbridge, when waves, whipped by high wind, capsize his boat; his grandson, Claude Foeste, and another youth, Wilbur Ervin, are rescued from the water by Garrett Niedling.

1912

The Rev. and Mrs. Horace Siberell have come home; he has been preaching at Jacksonville, Ky., for the past year, but he and Mrs. Siberell always call Cape Girardeau "home," no matter where they may be located.

Because of the street paving work going on down on Spanish Street, the trolley cars can't use that part of the line; in consequence, only a half-car service is being given over the belt line; it is hoped that this job will soon be finished and that things can move along normally again.

-- Sharon K. Sanders