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Missouri Secretary of State Roy Blunt is projecting a record turnout Tuesday of nearly 2.2 million voters, or about 72 percent of those registered in the state; in Cape Girardeau County, Deputy Clerk Betty Hahs predicts a 70 percent turnout for the presidential election...
1988
Missouri Secretary of State Roy Blunt is projecting a record turnout Tuesday of nearly 2.2 million voters, or about 72 percent of those registered in the state; in Cape Girardeau County, Deputy Clerk Betty Hahs predicts a 70 percent turnout for the presidential election.
A local fundraising campaign for equipment for a proposed Southeast Missouri Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratory gets off to a rousing start here; bolstered by a $5,000 pledge from Boatmen's Bank of Cape Girardeau and M&J Cattle Co. of Scott City, the campaign realizes a fourth of its $50,000 goal during a breakfast meeting at Drury Lodge.
1963
Clyde A. McDonald of Cape Girardeau, owner of McDonald Concrete Ready-Mix, dies unexpectedly while playing golf at the Country Club; he had been playing in a foursome with Dr. G.W. Ringland, Dr. D.B. Elrod And Dr. W.A. Thompson.
Cape Girardeau County Court accepts the resignation of William H. Propst of Cape Girardeau as county civil defense director; Wilbur Bangert, civil defense director for Jackson and a member of the county civil defense board, is appointed to replace Propst.
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1938
Henry Steinhoff has asked the city of Cape Girardeau for a quit-claim deed on narrow strips of ground along two sides of a lot at the site of the old Riverview Hotel, on the north side of Broadway at Water Street, upon which he proposes to build a garage.
The first exhibit of paintings and drawings by Cape Girardeau artists will be held Saturday and Sunday in The Missourian building arcade, including a portion of The Missourian Printing and Stationery Co. store and the gift shop.
1913
The Cape Girardeau County Court closed out a remarkable session yesterday; two applicants for saloon licenses at Cape Girardeau were defeated by the citizens' organization; Ed Frenzel and W.A. Berry both withdrew applications for licenses.
S.C. Young, who is studying surgery in St. Louis, is home visiting his mother, Mrs. Roena Young; Young is a student of chiropractic, a new science of healing by remedying the cause of disease through the proper adjustment of the spine.
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