__Sept. 2, 1923__
No editions today.
__Sept. 2, 1948__
• The Weekly Citizen-Democrat reports 57 men in Poplar Bluff signed up for the peacetime draft.
• The Poplar Bluff Republican announces the remains of a Qulin soldier killed in World War II, Pvt. Marion A. Luttrell, are being returned to his family.
__Sept. 2, 1973__
• No editions today.
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__Sept. 3, 1923__
No editions today.
__Sept. 3, 1948__
• Missouri Pacific Transportation Company advertises its improved service, with three buses running from St. Louis to Poplar Bluff every day.
__Sept. 3, 1953__
• No editions today.
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__Sept. 4, 1923__
• The Daily Republican announces it will cover Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ángel Firpo, “the greatest heavyweight prize fight in the history of the ring,” with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The paper is installing a direct telephone line to the Associated Press office and play-by-play reports will be read through a megaphone in front of the office as they come through. The Daily Republican Sport Bulletin will be issued for free immediately after the last round.
• Reports reach Southeast Missouri newspapers of the Great Kanto Quake in Japan. Buildings in Tokyo and Yokohama were levelled by the quake, which shattered gas lines and caused widespread fires. Finally, the region was struck by a tsunami.
More information about the Great Kanto Quake is on page A8 of today’s edition.
• School begins in Poplar Bluff. Total enrollment is 2,099.
__Sept. 4, 1948__
The Daily American Republic reports an estimated 260 drivers will be killed in accidents over Labor Day weekend. The figure comes from the National Safety Council.
__Sept. 4, 1973__
• A Poplar Bluff man named Donnie Banks, 26, is shot in the back while trying to escape a law enforcement raid on his home. Deputies and highway patrolman found several baggies believed to contain LSD in his freezer.
• An article run from NEWSWEEK Livestock lambasts “spotlight poachers” as having “a complete lack of moral fiber.”
“Spotlighting, the low art of transfixing animals at night with the beam of a light so they can be shot, has become a major problem in Missouri with the recent rapid rise in meat prices,” the article says.
The piece was part of a series run in the Daily American Republic examining the rise in poaching and possible solutions.
Editor’s note: This is part of a new regular series looking at today in Poplar Bluff’s history through the pages of the Daily American Republic and its early predecessors.