25 years ago: Oct. 27, 1985

Jane Cooper Stacy, director of alumni services at Southeast Missouri State University, has received the Diploma of Educational Ministries from the Seminary Extension Independent Study Institute, Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, Tenn.

KANSAS CITY -- The Kansas City Royals destroy the St. Louis Cardinals 11-0 in the seventh game of the World Series.

50 years ago: Oct. 27, 1960

The old-fashioned "bockwurst" and refreshments, interspersed with a Republican revival, was in evidence last night when more than 200 people jammed the basement of the Joe Schnurbusch store at Old Appleton to hear the discussion of state and national issues by John Bradshaw, a Cape Girardeau lawyer; county candidates were also introduced.

B.I. Howard, owner of Howard Athletic Goods Co., has purchased the Wulfers building at 900 Broadway; the sporting goods firm has occupied the structure for 15 years, but had been renting.

75 years ago: Oct. 27, 1935

Twenty-two people united with First Baptist Church at evangelical services conducted by Dr. Perry F. Webb of Pine Bluff, Ark.

Girl Scout Week opens with members of local troops attending church services; the Catholic girls go to St. Mary's Church for the 8:30 a.m. Mass; the Protestant girls attend services at the Christian Church, where the pastor, the Rev. Ira D. Crewdson, reviews the origins and principles of Girl Scouting.

100 years ago: Oct. 27, 1910

L.W. Lackey, representing the Talge Mahogany Co. of Indianapolis, leaves for home and has instructions to stop in St. Louis to look at a new sawmill outfit; Talge remarks before leaving here that it seems as if the time is near when the plant at Cape Girardeau would be in operation.

E.M. Hobbs, who conducts a sand dredging business on the river and also runs the ferry here, sustained the loss of a large barge of sand last night; it was tied near the foot of Themis Street, at his sand dock, with a heavy load of sand on it; high winds during the night drove the barge against the rock wall of the levee with such force that a hole was knocked through the hull, allowing it to sink.

-- Sharon K. Sanders