Out of the past 6/29/14

1989

The old Central Foods Co. building on South Sprigg Street is being razed by Boatmen's Bank, owner of the property; once the site is cleared, the property will be seeded and then made available for sale or lease.

Union Electric Co., has given Southeast Missouri State University $25,000 to help equip its proposed National Public Radio station, which is expected to be broadcasting on the school's independent station, KRCU-FM, by September.

1964

The Cape Girardeau County Court agrees to furnish a dragline for repair work at the mill pond on Apple Creek at Old Appleton; Denzil Slinkard of Cape Girardeau tells the court the water gate at the mill buildings has collapsed, allowing the water in the mill pond to flow through the building and drain the pond.

Petitions with the names of about 85 residents of Bertling Street and the area, asking that the city acquire vacant property on Bertling for playground use, are presented to the City Council.

1939

Plans are complete for the annual Fourth of July celebration, sponsored Louis K. Juden Post of the American Legion; along with the usual activities of a Municipal Band concert, miniature boat races in the lagoon, baseball and softball games, a jitterbug contest will be held on the park's tennis courts after the fireworks display.

Police continue to investigate the poisoning of 15 Cape Girardeans earlier this week; what had been thought to be a case of food poisoning has turned into something entirely different; tests of the dewberry pie all the victims consumed found the sugar used in the pie was laced with arsenic; police are attempting to determine if the poisoning was deliberate.

1914

With a force of four or five men, contractor W.W. Taylor begins the work in the morning of clearing away the debris in the basement of the burned-out Methodist church; it is the first step taken to replace the ruins with a new, magnificent edifice to house the Methodist congregation.

Louis Probst and family, and Walter Probst, of Kansas City, pass through here on their way to visit their parents at Gordonville; Louis is in the grocery business and Walter is a druggist; both are making good in the big western city.

-- Sharon K. Sanders