Out of the past 7/20/13

1988

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Richard Lyng, along with 8th District Rep. Bill Emerson, toured the Larry Bock farm outside of Jackson yesterday as part of a three-day, federal task-force tour viewing agricultural conditions in 10 drought-stricken Midwestern states; Lyng also met with Army Corps of Engineer officials to learn about the shrinking Mississippi River.

Four Cape Girardeau businesses -- Thorngate, Ltd., General Sign Co., Biokyowa, Inc., and Resin Exchange -- are among dozens of Southeast Missouri firms recognized by Gov. John Ashcroft for their contributions to Missouri by providing about 1,200 new jobs.

1963

Paving of the two new lanes of Highway 61 through Cape Girardeau is expected to begin some time next week, according to the contractor; the first concrete will be laid near the north end of the project, which extends from one city boundary to the other.

Kendall Miller, a former Cape Girardeau resident who now works for Ford Motor Co. in Hazelwood, Mo., is also a pole painter; he's battling 92-degree weather to paint the flagpole in front of the post office here; he calls the work "kind of a hobby."

1938

Cape Girardeau's chances to secure an annex to the Federal Building, as large or larger than the present structure, appears bright to Judge I.R. Kelso, chairman of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce committee investigating the matter; Congressman Orville Zimmerman of Kennett, Mo., recently sent at telegraph to Washington officials, saying the current building is "inadequate" and urging its enlargement.

Heuer Sales and Service, 420 Broadway, recently delivered an International bus to the Deering (Mo.) Consolidated School District; it is the largest school bus used in the state, measuring 34 feet, 3 inches overall; the body was built by the Hicks Body Co. on a D-40 International 253-inch wheelbase chassis.

1913

The Meyer and Suedekum hardware store on Good Hope Street is entered by robbers early in the morning, and goods to the amount of $35 or $40 are carried away; the loot includes four revolvers, quite a lot of ammunition and several knives.

One terrible blow of the war club of big Andy Caldwell of Jackson sends the Capahas down to defeat, after they had allegedly already won the baseball game; the game requires two extra innings before the Jackson boys claim the win.

-- Sharon K. Sanders