Out of the past 3/9/09

25 years ago: March 9, 1984

Cape Girardeau city officials are investigating whether "fowl" play caused the death of six ducks and three pigeons at Capaha Park lagoon; city health officer Lanny Smith says an owl may be the culprit.

About 4,000 area educators gather for the 108th program of the Southeast Missouri District Teachers Association meeting; the keynote speaker is Indiana educator Dr. Dean F. Berkley.

50 years ago: March 9, 1959

A new Baldwin piano and a new Thomas organ have been installed at the Second Baptist Church as part of a remodeling program; the instruments were placed by the Bullock Piano Salon.

Dr. and Mrs. Joe L. Moseley, 1453 Broadway, have bought the dwelling at 835 Jurie St. from Judge Robert G. Brady and will move into their new home about May 1; the Moseleys have sold their dwelling on Broadway to Mr. and Mrs. John Cargle.

75 years ago: March 9, 1934

While 500 cheering basketball fans watched the Southeast Missouri high school tournament last night, Houck Field House was threatened by fire; paper was ignited by electrical wiring beneath the south tier of seats in the southwest corner of the field house; and the woodwork had just caught when the fire was discovered by Dan Dunscomb, a State College student; he beat the fire out with his bare hands.

The new mill of the Joy-Barbell Lumber Co. of Chicago, under construction in the Red Star suburb, should be in operation about April 1.

100 years ago: March 9, 1909

The publishers of The Daily Republican are going in deeper; believing in the future prosperity of Cape Girardeau, the Naeter Brothers have purchased a modern perfecting press which, to many newsmen, seems to be the height of folly; the Cox Duplex Perfecting Press, the most expensive machine of its kind, was purchased for about $10,000.

Yesterday's rains have left Cape Girardeau's streets muddy; the unfinished condition of the streets, resulting from the shape they were left in after the completion of the sewer system, makes the situation deplorable.

— Sharon K. Sanders