Day in history for March 27, 2001

1876 -- 125 years ago

The oath of office was administered to the Mayor-elect, William P. Butler, and Aldermen-elect Henry Carse, John Davis, I. Huber, W.H. Lundy and H.E. Woods.

1901 -- 100 years ago

Weyerhaeuser and Denkmann's Rock Island mill started running for the spring season.

1926 -- 75 years ago

Rock Island was selected for the 1927 convention of the Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution.

1951 -- 50 years ago

Of all the unfortunate things that happened to the thousands of baby chicks received by Rock Island youngsters for Easter, probably the most startling occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vern L. Kester, 612 18th Ave. One of the two baby chicks received by Patricia Jean, 5, and Jack, 7, disappeared Sunday night. Last night a cheeping sound was heard from the basement. Mr. Kester cut a hole in the furnace casing and a very dirty chick toddled out, unharmed after its long tumble down from a register.

1976 -- 25 years ago

The days of ``You got the dime, I got the time'' and ``It's your dime'' are fading fast. After 25 years of dime-calling, it seems almost un-American to pay 20 cents to use a public telephone. Officials of Ma Bell concede that raising the tab to 20 cents ``probably wasn't the most popular thing we could do,'' but insist the phone company would be in the poor house if they didn't.

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