Out of the past 3/6/08

25 years ago: March 6, 1983

The Southeast Missouri State University Indians yesterday cruised to an 83-69 victory over Central Missouri State in the MIAA postseason tournament championship at Houck Field House; Donnie McClinton led the winners with 18 points, followed closely by Terry Mead with 17 points.

A legislative fight on the locations and types of mental health services in Southeast Missouri is brewing, and a new plan may lead to the conversion of the old St. Francis Hospital on Good Hope Street into a psychiatric nursing home.

50 years ago: March 6, 1958

A permanent display of 58 narcotics used by addicts, enclosed in glass cases for protection and labeled for easy identification, has been presented to the Cape Girardeau Police Department by Homer George, pharmacist and a major in the auxiliary police.

The four-room dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Green Wilson at Dutchtown is destroyed by fire; the aged couple is forced to leave their home without getting their clothing or any effects.

75 years ago: March 6, 1933

Despite the continued nationwide "bank holiday," merchants in Cape Girardeau continue doing business without a great deal of cash on hand; some are taking regular customers' checks for the amount of the purchase or for payment on account, but aren't taking checks in excess of the amount owed; Hirsch Bros. store on South Sprigg Street has started issuing scrip of its own, in denominations of 50 cents to $5, and payable to the bearer.

Walter D. Black, formerly of Cape Girardeau, who has been managing the Rose Cliff Hotel at Van Buren, Mo., is now residing with his wife at 121 S. Lorimier St.

100 years ago: March 6, 1908

The warm sunshine of the past few days and the approach of the first Tuesday in April have given municipal politics life; at least two candidates are in the field for Cape Girardeau aldermen: Jim Wilson and Otto Kochtitzky.

A representative of a Kansas City securities firm is in Cape Girardeau attempting to induce investors here to put up the financing for a company that would manufacture cement burial vaults, an industry that is rapidly spreading into general favor with the public.

— Sharon K. Sanders