Day in history for September 21, 2000

1875 -- 125 years ago

Among the new books at Rock Island Library are: ``Susan Fielding,'' ``Gulliver's Travels,'' and ``The Passionate Pilgrim.''

1900 -- 100 years ago

Mrs. F.G. Allen was the winner of the last of the preliminary matches for the woman's handicap cup at Arsenal Golf Club.

1925 -- 75 years ago

The Church of Peace, Rock Island, burned its first and second mortgages at its 30th anniversary observance.

1950 -- 50 years ago

Sears, Roebuck And Co. has purchased a block-and-a-half of property on W. 4th St., Davenport, to be used as the location of a large department store, with adjacent parking facilities for 400 cars, it was announced today. The company declined to estimate the cost of the proposed store building, which will have 100,000 square feet of store space, but local contractors estimated $2,000,000 would be a conservative figure.

1975 -- 25 years ago

A Henry County farmer paid a record $2,210 per acre for the 115 acres of prime soil comprising the Marvin Gernant estate farm west of Geneseo. Roy Holmstrom, Geneseo auctioneer and realty agent, said the price was the most per acre ever paid for a farm in Geneseo, and probably in Henry County. The farm, used most recently to raise sheep, included a nine-room house, barn, corn cribs and other improvements.

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