Out of the past 10/1/09

25 years ago: Oct. 1, 1984

Cape Girardeau City Council members say they favor imposing two-hour parking restrictions in Capaha Park between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, in an effort to prevent Southeast Missouri State University students from using it as a parking lot.

Three new businesses are opening in Plaza Galleria, on the perimeter surrounding the new ice rink developed in the former Kroger building on West Independence Street; opening this week will be Taco Amigo and Orange Peeler; Klassy Kids is set to open in mid-October.

50 years ago: Oct. 1, 1959

Mayor Walter H. Ford returned to Cape Girardeau from Jefferson City, Mo., late last night with other members of the city council as the new president of the Missouri Municipal League.

The West Side Church of God is tearing down the dwelling belonging to the First Baptist Church that is on Broadway in front of the new annex to the Baptist church; West Side Church will use the materials for an educational unit and recreation center for its youth group.

75 years ago: Oct. 1, 1934

A wireless station has been installed in the U.S. Engineers office on the fifth floor of the H.-H. Building for the purpose of sending orders to the First Field Area fleet boats in this district and also receiving reports from them.

Cape Girardeau County's allotment for work relief purposes during October will be $1,500, or $3,000 less than it was in September; this doesn't include the payroll for the government meat cannery, but does include other projects, such as the vegetable canneries and the mattress factory.

100 years ago: Oct. 1, 1909

G.N. Cross of Mount Vernon, Ill., has been named the new manager of the press brick plant in Cape Girardeau.

Commemorating its fifth anniversary, The Daily Republican publishes a special edition that features stories and photos of many of Cape Girardeau's impressive homes and businesses; when the newspaper was revived by its present owners in October 1904, Cape Girardeau had about 7,500 inhabitants; population of the city now is about 14,000.

-- Sharon K. Sanders