25 years ago: Oct. 25, 1985

A reduction of jail privileges by Cape Girardeau County Sheriff Dwight Thomas during his first year in office reportedly has caused an increase in inmate complaints; a petition signed by about 18 inmates protesting jail conditions and rules has been filed with the county commission.

Louis A. Lawrence, president and chief executive officer of the Mississippi River Transmission Corp., will be guest speaker tomorrow at the Southeast Missouri State University Copper Dome Breakfast.

50 years ago: Oct. 25, 1960

Construction of a second double lane pavement on the west side of U.S. 61 through Cape Girardeau is expected to be placed underway next summer.

WASHINGTON -- Civil Aeronautics Board examiner Barron Fredricks has recommended renewal for an indefinite period the authority of Ozark Air Lines to serve Marion-Herrin and Mattoon-Charleston in Illinois, and Cape Girardeau.

75 years ago: Oct. 25, 1935

Success of Cape Girardeau's deer hunters, out in the woods with the rest of Missouri sportsmen, remains unknown because few reports have drifted back from the hunting grounds; two hunters, S.P. Dalton and James A. Jackson, who spent yesterday in Carter County, failed to get a glimpse of a deer; they'll try their luck in Ripley County.

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- After carrying a bullet in his left ankle 10 years, Homer Alsobrook has part of it removed this week; five slivers were removed, but the main part of the bullet is still embedded in a bone in his ankle, where it lodged when his rifle accidentally discharged in 1925, when he was 14 years old.

100 years ago: Oct. 25, 1910

Government engineers of the deep waterway survey board arrive in Cape Girardeau in the morning; after a brief stop, they travel on to Commerce, Mo., where they will inspect the place for the proposed dam and locks; the board is making a study of the rivers from Chicago to Commerce to determine the feasibility of creating a 14-foot channel by means of locks and dams.

Willie Williams of Cape Girardeau takes a train going north in the morning for Neely's Landing, where he has some bridge work to do.

-- Sharon K. Sanders