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Day in history for May 7, 2001

1876 -- 125 years ago: People were busy all day today, in pumping or bailing water from their cellars.
1901 -- 100 years ago: B.F. Knox was inaugurated mayor of Rock Island for the second time.
1926 -- 75 years ago: Stockholders of the Servus Rubber Company voted unanimously to authorize a proposal to increase the capitalization of the company from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000.
1951 -- 50 years ago: William Drovetsky, 17, a Rock Island High School senior, has received a $25 first prize for his jewelry entry in the national high school art exhibition at Pittsburgh, Pa. Some 100,000 students from all over the nation participated in the contest. Bill's entry had first won regional honors at Peoria. His prize-winning work was a choker necklace, made of heavy silver wire in an intricate link design. Bill is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P.E. Drovetsky, 909 7th Ave.
1976 -- 25 years ago: Lightning struck an East Moline house causing a short which sent electrical sparks shooting out of the bathroom faucet. An electrician called to the home said it apparently struck the washing machine grounded to the water pipes in the John Kehoe residence. The lightning apparently struck the house during a loud thunder clap about 7:30 p.m. but the electrical sparks did not start coming out of the faucet until after 11 p.m.

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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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