25 years ago: June 1, 1984

A proposal to increase Cape Girardeau Municipal Golf Course fees will be on the August ballot if the city council approves an ordinance next week calling for a vote.

With a band playing "June is Bustin' Out All Over," Tipton's, one of the Midwest's major appliance stores, officially opens for business; the store is in the Lowell's building on South Kingshighway.

50 years ago: June 1, 1959

Authorization to institute condemnation proceedings to acquire right of way for the proposed extension of South West End Boulevard to Highway 74 is given to the legal department by the Cape Girardeau City Council.

Officers are investigating the possibility that the Hargis Town and Country Store on Bend Road may have been burglarized early Sunday morning and set afire by the thieves; a 10-inch Philco portable television set and a .22-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver were missing from the store.

75 years ago: June 1, 1934

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- An effort is being made to retain the service of the Cape Girardeau Northern Railroad line, between Perryville and Perryville Junction, near St. Mary's, Mo., as dwindling freight revenue threatens to halt operations; a large crowd last night attended a public meeting, at which the possibility of keeping the line, the remaining sector of the C.G.N., in operation was discussed.

Cape Girardeau Mayor Edward L. Drum and city attorney Frank A. Lowry will appear before the Board of Review of the Public Works Administration in Washington, D.C., next week to present arguments in behalf of the city's application for a loan of $685,000 to build a new electric plant.

100 years ago: June 1, 1909

Cape Girardeau's new daily newspaper makes its bow to the public in the afternoon; the old Democrat, which had floated along for years, has been wiped out, and the News takes its place.

J.J. Askew of Paragould, Ark., plans to reopen the Custom Laundry on Spanish Street; having put in new machinery and given the place a thorough renovating and overhauling, he is prepared to do all laundry work in first-class style.

-- Sharon K. Sanders