Out of the past 6/27/05

25 years ago: June 27, 1980

What many residents suspected for several weeks appeared to be confirmed yesterday, when a sound engineer determined that the city's disaster warning sirens aren't loud enough to be heard through the city; testing of the full system took place much of Thursday afternoon, as the sound engineer from St. Louis took decibel readings at about a dozen locations in Cape Girardeau; at some locations, the sirens couldn't be heard at all.

The majority capital stock in the Bank of Illmo has been sold to R.L. Keene of Sikeston, Mo., it is reported by Dorothy Roth, assistant cashier at the Scott City bank.

50 years ago: June 27, 1955

Thieves who ransacked offices on three different floors of the Himmelberger-Harrison Building over the weekend apparently succeeded in getting only a small amount of cash, but did considerable damage to cabinets and desks, which they pried open.

Construction of extensive river terminal facilities at or near Cape Girardeau by Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., operator of the Big and Little Inch pipelines, within the next 15 months or so appears likely following conversion authority given the company by the Federal Power Commission.

75 years ago: June 27, 1930

Milk produced by all dairy herds from which Cape Girardeau's daily milk comes will be tested for bacteria content, and the grades of milk produced by the dairies will be classified and ordered sold under this classification, says City Commissioner Phillip H. Steck; three dairies have placed caps on bottles declaring their milk "A" grade; but Steck says this hasn't been authorized.

Girardeans who wish to have a popping good time on the Fourth of July will have to buy their fireworks during the first four days of the month; the city restricts the sale of fireworks to those days only.

100 years ago: June 27, 1905

By a nearly unanimous vote, the people of Jackson make known their intention of having in the near future two of the greatest municipal advantages; they go to the polls in full force and vote in favor of electric lights for the town, as well as a waterworks.

When improvements are completed, the Western Union telegraph office in Cape Girardeau will be the finest in this part of the country; G.E. Sharp, general foreman of the lines in St. Louis, Mo., is installing a new keyboard and connecting up the wires.

-- Sharon K. Sanders