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Today in history for Monday, Dec. 3, 2012
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Today is Monday, Dec. 3, the 338th day of 2012. There are 28 days left in the year. 1862 -- 150 years ago: New party names have been adopted in Missouri viz: Charcoals,the blackest abolitionists; claybanks, about half and half; and chockolates, semi-secesh. 1887 -- 125 years ago: A Rock Island branch of the Armour Packing Company hasopened a store at 1919 2nd Ave. despite protests of Rock Island butchers. 1912 -- 100 years ago: A memorial service for the late Judge W. H. Gest was conductedtoday by the bar associations of Rock Island, Mercer, Henry and Whiteside counties. 1937 -- 75 years ago: Richard Hainline, Richard Langhinrichs and Carl Welch won allthree prizes for Rock Island High School in an oratorical contest with Moline and EastMoline schools. 1962 -- 50 years ago: The 125 John Deere dealers who played big roles in helping Deereand Co. set an all-time company record in dollar volume for tractor sales during its 125thanniversary year will arrive in Moline late today on a trip honoring them for their 1962sales efforts. 1987 -- 25 years ago: The first Sunday in December has come to be a special time forQuad-Citians. That's when three historic homes in Moline, all former private residences,are decorated for the Christmas holidays and opened to the public. This year the Butterworth Center, the Deere-Wiman House and the Rock IslandCounty Historical House all will be open from noon to 5 p.m. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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