K.j.h. Cochran
featuresOctober 28
MISSOURI'S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL VOTES STIRRED THE NATIONWith three candidates to choose from, voters in Tuesday's presidential election will be faced with a dilemma similar to that of voters in the presidential election of 1824, when four candidates ran for the office. Since Missourians relish political campaigns, there...featuresOctober 21
OCTOBER SUNLIGHT FALLS ON OLD BETHELIn Cape Girardeau's bicentennial year the Baptists of Missouri are holding their annual Missouri Baptist Convention at the Show Me Center Oct. 26-28, starting Monday night at 7 p.m. The Baptist churches in the state will send messengers to the convention elected ac...featuresOctober 14
POLITICAL BUTTONS PART OF STATE TRADITIONThe 1992 presidential campaign is capturing the attention of the American public. Presidential elections have always been exciting, and in some states where the Democratic and Republican voters are about evenly divided (as in Missouri), the tension is especially hi...featuresOctober 7
PEOPLE OF THE AREA MAKE IT PROGRESSIVEPlans are being made for the 200th anniversary celebration of Cape Girardeau. Committees have been appointed to plan interesting and meaningful events, and Martha Bender is chairperson of the Centennial Commission. 1793 is the year the city was founded by Don Louis...NewsSeptember 30
AREA PARKS WELCOME FALL VISITORSThe Cape Girardeau-Jackson area has many parks. They are inviting at all seasons of the year, but when frost turns the leaves to vivid shades of red and gold, park outings and cookouts are especially appealing. The Alvin F. Klaus Park on Highway 61 between Cape Gir...featuresSeptember 23
DESPITE CHANGES, BROADWAY STILL HAS HISTORIC FLAVORBroadway is a busy east-west street that extends from the Mississippi River west to Kingshighway. It is crowded with a steady stream of traffic from early morning until late at night. At one time it was a narrow path that eventually was widened into a road that per...featuresSeptember 16
POLITICS AT DISTRICT FAIR VIE FOR ATTENTION; DONKEY, ELEPHANT HELP THE PARTIES TO WOO THE VOTERSResidents of Cape Girardeau County are finding that the summer and fall seasons of 1992 are a busy period in the area's history. Always a politically minded area since before the Missouri Territory became a state in 1821, this year the county residents are more inf...featuresSeptember 9
WEEK OF FAMILY FUN AWAITS ALL AT DISTRICT FAIRThe Southeast Missouri District Fair, which began in 1855, has always offered excitement and fun. This year the fair committee, whose president is Pete Poe, engaged an eight-camel hitch from the 5-H Ranch for the Fair parade and for viewing at the Fair. Cape Girard...featuresSeptember 2
STAYING INFORMED ABOUT AMERICAN POLITICSSince this is a presidential election year Americans throughout the country were tuned into the two political conventions this summer: the Democrats in New York, July 12-17th, and the Republicans in Houston, August 17-20th. They also listened and continue to listen...featuresAugust 26
SCHAPER FARM TRACES BEGINNINGS BACK TO LORIMIER LAND GRANTStories about land can be very interesting, especially if there is a mystery and murder connected to the tale. In the early years of Cape Girardeau and the environs, many pioneers migrated in family groups. They were influenced by grants of land being made availabl...LOAD MORE
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