Day in history for November 28, 2000

1875 -- 125 years ago

Sheriff J.A. Boynton of Warren County has posted a $25 reward for the arrest of a horse thief who escaped the county jail at Monmouth.

1900 -- 100 years ago

President F.W. Bahnson of the Rock Island Club gave a dinner party in honor of the organization's board of directors.

1925 -- 75 years ago

The Argus Santa Claus began its 16th campaign for Rock Island children.

1950 -- 50 years ago

Members of the Davenport city council, at a special session yesterday afternoon, approved an ordinance granting the Iowa-Illinois Gas And Electric Co. permission to suspend a natural-gas pipeline under the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge from Moline to Bettendorf. The line will link the gas-distributing systems on the Illinois and Iowa sides of the Mississippi River.

1975 -- 25 years ago

The Hammond-Henry District Hospital, Geneseo, which at one time was a private residence and a school, today marks its 75th year of serving the community. The original building was erected in 1876, at a cost of $20,000 as the residence of Maj. James M. Allen. In 1883 it became part of the Northwestern Normal School. The building then sat empty for 10 years until John C. Hammond at the age of 19 came to Geneseo. He bought the vacant building in 1901 and donated it, along with $1,000 to the city for use as a hospital.

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