Out of the past: Jan. 27

1991

Ashland Land Development Corp. has purchased 153 acres just outside the Cape Girardeau city limits and plans residential and commercial development; the L-shaped property is adjacent to the White Oaks Subdivision; it fronts both Bloomfield Road and Highway 74.

The Persian Gulf War takes a back seat to the Super Bowl; at Tantrums Pub and Grill in West Park Mall, the talk of the day is football not Scud missiles, as patrons watch the game on a giant television screen; the New York Giants win their second Super Bowl in five years, beating Buffalo 20-19, after Scott Norwood of the Bills misses a 47-yard field goal with eight seconds left.

1966

The Cape Girardeau City Council yesterday awarded a contract for the construction of sanitary sewers in a developing business area along Commercial Street, east of South Kingshighway, to the Jackson Excavating Co., at a base price of $36,871.31.

State College officials expect the spring semester enrollment to be from 4,700 to 4,800, down about 300 to 400 from the fall term; adding to the normal confusion of a beginning term is construction work, which has Pacific Street blocked off, and parking banned on Normal Avenue in front of Academic Hall.

1941

As the Missouri Legislature continues its efforts to do something about getting a governor, the Cape Girardeau County Court takes steps to hold on to ballots cast Nov. 5 in the county; an order is made by the court that the County Clerk Louis F. Schrader is to retain the ballots of this county, even if he has to go to Jefferson City to maintain custody of them; state Democrats are attempting to have the ballots recounted in an effort to nullify the apparent election of Republican F.C. Donnell as governor.

The Rev. William H. Wolfe, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, is elected president of the Cape Girardeau Ministerial Alliance.

1916

Adam Kidd of Hickory Ridge, Missouri, went to the old water mill on Crooked Creek at Allenville to remove the remains of his brother, Jim Kidd, which were buried on the bank of the creek near the mill, and remove them to the Kynion graveyard at Hickory Ridge; the dredge machines are cutting away the banks of the creek to enlarge the stream, making the removal of the grave necessary; however, the remains of Jim Kidd, who drowned in the creek about 22 years ago, can't be located.

C.E. Tinsley, the Cape Girardeau auto man, has raised about $150 by subscription to gravel the road from Allenville north; the county will furnish the crushed rock.

-- Sharon K. Sanders