Out of the past 8/29/10

25 years ago: Aug. 29, 1985

The city of Cape Girardeau will make a formal request of the Union Pacific Railroad Co. that it remove abandoned tracks along Independence Street and restore it to city engineering standards; the last train rolled over the tracks July 24.

U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson of Cape Girardeau is included on a list of congressmen the American Agriculture Movement has targeted for defeat in the 1986 election.

50 years ago: Aug. 29, 1960

WASHINGTON -- The Interstate Commerce Commission temporarily vetoes a proposal of the Frisco Railroad to drop its last two daily passenger trains between St. Louis and Memphis, Tenn.; the ICC orders Frisco to keep the trains running for another year.

Traffic on U.S. 61 at Williams Creek is diverted over a temporary bridge and roadway to clear the way for construction of a new bridge; workers in recent weeks have built a parallel temporary structure of wood and a road to carry traffic over it.

75 years ago: Aug. 29, 1935

President W.W. Parker of the Teachers College, at the request of the Salvation Army Advisory Board, has agreed to be chairman of the Home Service Appeal to be conducted in September; the Army must raise $5,000 to maintain its services here for the next 12 months.

Benny Baker wins the championship in a caddies' tournament at the Cape Girardeau Country Club, defeating Paul Seabaugh in the finals; others participating in the tourney are Johnny McClendon, Martin Wright, Ivan Oliver, Brooks Wright, D.L. O'Howell, Ray Fee, Conway Cotner and Billy Given.

100 years ago: Aug. 29, 1910

Contractor S.N. Wallace of Jackson passes through Cape Girardeau on his way to New Madrid, Mo., where he has a contract to build a Catholic church.

Blanch Harrell returned last night from a pleasant visit with family and friends in Memphis, Tenn., and other places in the South; Harrell, who for a long time worked in the office of the Juden Mercantile Co., has taken a position as bookkeeper and stenographer with The Daily Republican.

Featured in "Men of Affairs" is George E. Chappell.

-- Sharon K. Sanders