Out of the past 12/18/13

1988

The traditional Anglican service of lessons and music for Advent with Holy Eucharist is celebrated in the morning at Christ Episcopal Church; members of the congregation read scriptural passages prophesying the coming of a Savior, with each lesson followed by an appropriate hymn.

Local businessman Jim Drury has filed a lawsuit against the city of Cape Girardeau challenging the legality of the restaurant tax; the suit was filed in Cape County Circuit Court on Friday by MidAmerica Hotels Corp.; Drury is president of the business.

1963

There are definite indications that the ice floes, now very heavy at Cape Girardeau, together with the low stage of the Mississippi River and the new cold weather may virtually close the river to freight traffic.

Another tiny bit of old Cape Girardeau will be chipped away Friday by the auctioneer's hammer; the May Greene house, quaint in its setting at the northeast corner of Themis and Fountain streets, and its beautiful garden will be sold to the highest bidder from the east steps of Common Pleas Courthouse in the afternoon.

1938

The Rev. J. Luther Stone of Granite City, Ill., accepts the call to the pastorate of the Christian Church; in recent weeks, new pastors have been called to Red Star Baptist, St. Vincent's Catholic and the Assembly of God churches; Christ Episcopal Church remains without a rector.

A feature of the morning worship service at Red Star Baptist Church is a 10-minute religious cartoon presentation by the pastor, the Rev. H.C. Croslin; the presentation is directed especially to children and young people.

1913

Cape Girardeau's Boy Scouts are delving into the mysteries of the wireless telegraph, learning to write and send the Morse code of telegraphy; about 15 of the lads have their own instruments for sending Morse code, and some are busy putting up a wireless system.

Manning Kimmel was at Biehle, Mo., this week and bought 22 nags, which were brought here on the Cape Girardeau Northern last night; he transports them to Illinois, where he will fatten them and in a short time take them to Arkansas to be sold as carriage horses.

-- Sharon K. Sanders