Out of the past 8/4/07

25 years ago: Aug. 4, 1982

State Rep. Jerry Ford of Cape Girardeau swept yesterday's primary contest for the Democratic nomination to Congress, earning the right to face incumbent Republican Bill Emerson of Cape Girardeau in a race for 8th District congressman in November.

Mary Kasten defeated Calvin R. Wells and Gail D. "Woody" Woodfin yesterday to claim the Republican nomination for the 159th District seat in Missouri's General Assembly; she will take on Thomas M. Meyer in the November general election.

50 years ago: Aug. 4, 1957

The Rev. J.W. Swearengen, field representative of Olivet Nazarene College, speaks at the evening service at the Church of the Nazarene in Cape Girardeau.

Cape Girardeau is cleaning up from the effects of a severe windstorm last night that knocked branches from trees, disrupted power and telephone service, and wrecked a big tent in which revival services were being held; the tent on Clark Avenue, between Broadway and Independence Street, went down only seconds after most of the people, heeding a warning from evangelist Gayle Jackson, escaped.

75 years ago: Aug. 4, 1932

Mayor Edward L. Drum directs the Cape Girardeau Fire Department to extinguish a blaze in a rubbish dump in Missouri Park, between Marie and North Frederick streets; residents of the vicinity complained that the rubbish had been burning for several days.

Frank Carroll, dealer in hot tamales, fruits, pies, cakes and distributor of handbills and information in general, observes his 62nd anniversary in business by carrying on as usual.

100 years ago: Aug. 4, 1907

Regular services are held in the morning at Trinity Lutheran Church in the German language; in the afternoon, the pastor, the Rev. August Wilder, preaches at the missionfest at Hanover Lutheran Church.

Hayti, Mo., sends a mongrel team of ball players to Cape Girardeau, but they are good enough to take the game from the Capahas, 5-3; the Hayti manager admits that several of the players are exceptional athletes picked up throughout Southeast Missouri to assist in beating the Caps.

-- Sharon K. Sanders