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Day in history for September 27, 2000

1875 -- 125 years ago: Trinity Episcopal Church, Rock Island, now has 400 members. Members of the choir are Mrs. Holcombe, Miss Barnett, Miss Atkins, N.B. Miner and M.T. Wiser. Miss Grace Lynde is organist.
1900 -- 100 years ago: Samuel Alschuler, Democratic candidate for governor, will speak in Rock Island.
1925 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Marie Wendt, Rock Island, was winner of the grand prize in the Community Chest Fund essay contest.
1950 -- 50 years ago: A $3,000,000 contract to build approximately two hundred and fifty mobile field laundries for the Army, Marine Corps and Air Force has been awarded to American Machine And Metals, Inc., East Moline, according to Grosvenor L. Ball, assistant to the general manager of the plant. The field laundries will be similar to those built by the firm for the Army during the war. The field laundries can be operated by one or two men and can process 60 pounds of clothing per load, Ball said.
1975 -- 25 years ago: Free programs at Moline High School football games this year have provided the equipment for an ever popular sport: paper airplane tossing. Hundreds of planes are thrown onto the track area whenever the Maroons score. This game activity has kept several Moline students very busy picking up all the planes.

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1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.

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