Out of the past 11/1/09

25 years ago: Nov. 1, 1984

Southeast Missouri State University is seeking two students to portray two historical ceremonial figures -- Chief Sagamore and Otahki; outfits for the mascots have been provided by the University Foundation.

The morning's heavy rains in Jackson cause flash flooding, closing a number of roads; Goose Creek along Old Cape Road is out of its banks at several places; roads around West Lane Elementary School are closed, as are others.

50 years ago: Nov. 1, 1959

The Rev. Theodore Schmidt, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Tilsit, is the guest preacher at St. Andrew Lutheran Church; he discusses the denominational convention held during the summer in San Francisco.

Delmar Cobble, state supervisor of schools for Southeast Missouri, was elected president of the State College Alumni Association yesterday as one of the features of the 1959 Homecoming observance; Cobble is a 1940 graduate of the college.

75 years ago: Nov. 1, 1934

A raging Texas heifer rampaged over a dozen blocks in the heart of Cape Girardeau last night, knocking down a number of people and outmaneuvering police cowboys; she finally met death in a flower bed, when a hard-swinging city firemen got in a blow with a heavy hickory baseball bat; the animal had escaped from a pen at the Miles Packing Co. Plant in South Cape, and was finally rounded up near the Themis-Benton street intersection.

Halloween pranksters were up to their old tricks again last night; not a downtown window, nor the windows or parked automobiles, escaped soaping.

100 years ago: Nov. 1, 1909

E.M. Hobbs, the enterprising sand dealer, is building a new tow boat for his business, which has grown to such dimensions that more power became a necessity; the stern-wheeler will be 70 feet long and will have 120 horse power.

Drs. E.H.G. Wilson and M.E. Shelton move their offices from the building on Broadway adjoining the Hotel Idan-ha to the H.-H. Building, across the street; the hotel management, in turn, has secured a lease on the upper floor of the building lately occupied by them; they plan to make connections between the two buildings and will use the newly acquired rooms for hotel purposes.

-- Sharon K. Sanders