__Nov. 2, 1923__
• The Missouri Public Utilities Company, which supplies electric to Poplar Bluff, announced in today’s edition of the Interstate American it would start doing business as Union Electric Light & Power Company. Known as a primary supplier of electric in St. Louis, Union Electric had earlier acquired the Missouri Public Utilities Company.
• A judgment favoring the Puxico baseball club has been granted against the Bloomfield baseball association in Puxico’s attachment suit for gate receipts. The case grew out of a refusal of Bloomfield to pay its portion of gate receipts to Puxico when latter quit a game two months ago because of alleged unfair decisions.
In the aforementioned game, Puxico was trailing 4-0 when it forfeited the game after objecting to the decisions of the umpire. In the aftermath, Bloomfield refused to give Puxico its share of the gate.
__Nov. 2, 1948__
• The Poplar Bluff City Council voted to sign a contract for 350 parking meters with the Magee-Hale Park-O-Meter Company of Oklahoma City. The council voted unanimously at last night’s meeting (Nov. 1) to order the meters following a report from a special committee named by Mayor Arch Bartlett. The meters will cost a total of $23,065 ($65.90 each) and are expected to generate between $2,000 and $2,500 each month in revenue for the city.
• Two and a half inches of rain fell in a two-hour stretch today in Poplar Bluff, flooding lower sections of the city and covering the sidewalks in some districts. The rain also left two local women all wet. First, a woman was drenched when water from the bed of a truck flowed out the back and splashed her near the intersections of Second and Vine streets. Later, one of the Daily American Republic’s reporters had to wade through water when she accidentally parked further from the curb than she thought.
• The rain may have also led to an unusually light turnout in today’s general election, leading precinct workers to wonder if the total vote cast would be lower than in other general elections. Early reports indicated Democrats might be leading in some Poplar Bluff city precincts, while there was a heavy Republican turnout in rural Butler County.
__Nov. 2, 1973__
• The Poplar Bluff Lions Club will conduct its annual electric light bulb sale starting at 6 p.m. next Monday night. Members suggest prospective purchasers keep their porch lights on as Lions members go door to door in their annual local charity drive selling bulbs for $2 a carton. The Lions Club of Poplar Bluff spends $1,500 annually in providing eye glasses to needy people and also makes a $200 donation to the Lions Missouri state eye bank program at the University of Missouri. The club also provides for Little League supplies and playground equipment.
• The Southeast Missouri Bird Dog Club recently held its annual Fall Field trial on the Hidden Springs Ranch north of Doniphan. Among the local winners was Turnto’s Mr. Pat, a male setter owned by Carl Capps of Poplar Bluff. The club will run the Bird Hunters Stakes this weekend, also known as the shoot to kill trial.