Out of the past 2/9/11

25 years ago: Feb. 9, 1986

The business name of Danver's Restaurant, 2123 Broadway, has been changed to Baker's Restaurant; John A. Baker is the managing partner of the business; the Baker name has been associated with restaurants here for two generations; Baker's parents operated Baker's Big Burger in downtown Cape Girardeau for many years.

Rose City Oil Co. is occupying new quarters in the historic Kage house, 120 Broadway; the structure has been renovated to house the corporate office.

50 years ago: Feb. 9, 1961

An attempt is being made to reorganize the Golden Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps, which at one time was very active and brought high honors to Cape Girardeau; Alfred Jones will head a committee to determine the interest of reviving the corps, which was sponsored by the Louis K. Juden Post 63 of the American Legion.

The board of directors of Cape State Bank have set March 20 as the tentative date for the opening of the new Cape Girardeau facility.

75 years ago: Feb. 9, 1936

Proving the ice on the Mississippi River is strong, a 900-pound cow wanders across from Southern Illinois to Cape Girardeau; she had been purchased here last Thursday and, making her escape near McClure, Ill., heads for her former home.

The Very Rev. Thomas L. Levan, former president of St. Vincent's College and pastor of St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau, dies in Los Angeles at age 58; his body will be brought back to Perryville, Mo., for burial.

100 years ago: Feb. 9, 1911

Bowman Realty Co. reports the sale of the Frank Hopper poultry farm on North Sprigg Street Road to Paul Story, a competent farmer of the county, who desires to move closer to the city; the farm contains five acres.

Another store will be added to Cape Girardeau's list of business houses next week; Mrs. N.E. Billau and Mrs. Galen A. Vance, sisters from Mattoon, Ill., will relocate here, having recently both lost their husbands; the pair will open a five-and-ten-cent store on the ground floor of the telephone building, corner of Broadway and Ellis Street.

-- Sharon K. Sanders