125 years ago

PETTY BURGLARY: Moussseau and Holland's bakery, northwest corner of Fifth and Douglas streets, was found burglarized yesterday morning. A large light of glass in a front window was broken by the burglars and they had gone boldly through the opening. The only property taken was the partly emptied cigar boxes in the show cases. These contained about $6 worth of cigars. This makes the fourth time the store has been burglarized in a petty way within a few months.

TIGER TALES: A number of sporting men of town called at the mayor's office yesterday, pleaded guilty to keeping a pet tiger and paid fines ranging from $5 to $25, according to the size of the animal. This ceremony is to be observed monthly. A few of the low spot tigers will cease to be connected with the Sioux City menagerie henceforth because of this new departure.

AREA REPORTS: A card from Lucky Valley says that on Wednesday afternoon J.H. Carver, of that place, pays for and wheels around the block a barrel of apples, said apples to be distributed among the crowd which will attend his performance, as a result of betting on the wrong party in the late presidential struggle ... Duck hunting is reported good in O'Brien county.

100 years ago

WORSE THAN DRINK: The state hospital in Knoxville, Iowa, is doing more than reforming men of the drink habit, according to Sioux City's own Dr. Will Bates, who returned yesterday morning from a visit of several days at the Institution. Several young men who had become slaves to the cigarette habit are gradually being broken of their longing for the "coffin nails," said Dr. Bates, and it is expected that they eventually will be dismissed from the institution cured.

OFFICE BUILDING SOLD: The Grain Exchange building, at Fifth and Pierce Streets, formerly the Garretson hotel, has been purchased by Henry G. Weare for $175,000. The structure has been remodeled and lowered to the street level.

50 years ago

JET AND CAR COLLIDE: An Air Force jet fighter, piloted by First Lt. Duane Oswold, 23, of the Sioux City Air Force Base, and a slow-moving car collided on a county road near Forest River, N.D., as the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing. Neither pilot nor driver was hurt seriously. "I didn't have time to think -- I just drove for the ditch," reported William Krause of Grand Forks, driver of the car.

CONSTRUCTION HALTED: Construction work on Interstate 29 in Sioux City was ordered stopped by the Iowa Highway Commission because of an apparent mix up between the highway work and the soon-to-be started Floyd River flood control project. Plus, there is still a question as to if the city of Sioux City will foot the $1 million bill for a new bridge over the Floyd River.

25 years ago

FITNESS TRAIL TO BE DEVELOPED: A fitness trail will be developed in the spring under the direction of Briar Cliff College near Perry Creek north of the campus. The Wells Fargo Gamefield will be composed of 16 different exercise stations and connected by one-half mile of asphalt track, it was announced by Jim Ellwanger, director of athletics at Briar Cliff College.

LOCAL TALENT SET TO START FOR HAWKS: After scoring 2,536 points in high school, an all-time Iowa prep record, Todd Berkenpas never figured on scoring another couple of thousand in college. Berkenpas, who started 12 of Iowa's 28 games as a junior, will open the season as the Hawkeyes' starting off-guard. Coach George Raveling is hoping the 6-foot 2-inch sharpshooter from Mapleton will contribute double-figure scoring.

These items appeared in the Journal Nov. 23-29, 1884, 1909, 1959 and 1984.