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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
2
Thirty years ago wheat led Sikeston district farming as cotton rose, with threshing crews, mobile binders and threshers, local elevators, and farmers pushing for higher prices amid war-time price aims. Whiz-Bang Fourth of July planned. toy pistol ban discussed by Mayor Felker.
Twenty years ago on June 28 1928 a windstorm damaged the Ben Stacy home and other buildings in Salcedo. Walter Weekley and T B Dudley Jr unable to enter the Democratic National Convention in Houston due to crowding. A barn on E C Matthews farm was destroyed by lightning near Sikeston. The Cape Girardeau Mississippi River bridge near completion planned dedication in early fall. Four people drowned when their boat capsized at Reelfoot Lake. Cape Girardeau Baptists dedicated a new $200000 church building.
The Potashnick Truck Service occupies its new warehouse and office building at the intersection of Highways 60 and 61 in Sikeston. Mrs. Arba Moulder was killed by lightning near her Buckeye home. Oliver Salthouse, 28, of Chaffee drowned in the Little River Diversion Channel north of Sikeston. The first cotton bloom was reported by Theodore Slack in Catron on June 25. A block of Canalou’s main section was destroyed by fire, believed incendiary.
Ten years ago on June 30, 1938 farmers in Sikeston faced poor wheat yields due to excessive rain and rust. Twelve-year-old Dorothy Tidwell saved three sisters from drowning in the Mississippi near New Madrid after their car rolled into deep water. Grover Baker noted the first cotton bloom on June 24. Governor Lloyd Stark attacked the Pendergast machine in Jackson County. J W Ferrell opened a new gas station at Morehouse.
Fifty-two lots in the P. V. Branum addition to Sikeston sold at auction for 32600 dollars with individual prices from 225 to 3200. Fifty women from five towns met at Sikeston Public Library to discuss forming a Southeast Missouri Girls Scout council. Former Lieutenant Governor William R Painter died suddenly in Carrolton Missouri. Governor Donnelly vetoed a 310000 state science building request at State College Cape Girardeau as part of 3643952 vetoed across state institutions. Noah Webster and John Wesley quotes about bathing and cleanliness close the note.
Electrical storms caused extensive damage to wires motors and equipment in Sikeston with about 1500 dollars in damage to the municipal system. A Detroit restaurant owner Max Stephan was hanged for aiding a German officer escape, marking the first treason related hanging in U S history. A cotton bloom was reported on June 28 by Lee Riley of Buffington as Sikeston industries curtailed operations due to worker shortages and the July docket lists 33 divorce cases in Scott county circuit court.
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