1989

City inspectors have ordered the owner of the old Marquette Hotel, Thad Bullock, to repair the deteriorating structure at Broadway and Fountain Street to meet general building safety codes.

Missouri Department of Conservation statistics indicate that motorists in Cape Girardeau County are colliding with deer at a high rate; through Oct. 31, the Conservation Department's Southeast Missouri Regional Office reported 51 deer struck and killed by motor vehicles in Cape Girardeau County.

1964

Capt. George Collins, corps officer of the Salvation Army in Cape Girardeau, delivers the message at the annual Union Thanksgiving Service held at Westminster Presbyterian Church; the Rev. Thomas N. Bass of Westminster and the Rev. C.R. Turner of the United Church of Christ conduct the service.

Gov.-elect Warren E. Hearnes has appointed five Cape Girardeau Countians as honorary colonels: Martin Hecht, Edward L. Downs, Russell R. "Sonny" Young, John W. Hoffman and Eugene McDowell.

1939

James N. Haddock, a medical student at the University of Missouri in Columbia, returns there after having visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Haddock of Cape Girardeau, since Wednesday; he came with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Siebert L. Miller, and the latter's daughters, Joan and Nancy Sue, of St. Louis, for Thanksgiving.

More than 100 people from Cape Girardeau and nearby towns are participating in the Interdenominational Training School, which opens in the afternoon at Christ Evangelical Church; the event is being sponsored by the Ministerial Alliance.

1914

Thanksgiving. The union Thanksgiving service is held in the morning at the Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. F.Y. Campbell preaching the sermon.

Before a fair-sized audience, the Cape Girardeau High School football team defeats the Perryville (Missouri) High boys at the fairgrounds by a score of 19-6; the fight is clean throughout, with none of the rough stuff that was pulled off in the last game with Jackson.

-- Sharon K. Sanders