Day in history for May 8, 2001

1876 -- 125 years ago

Marshal Hawes and the police force are busy notifying people to clean up their yards and alleys.

1901 -- 100 years ago

Plans were made for laying the corner stone of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

1926 -- 75 years ago

Rock Island High School stenography pupils captured first, second and third places in the triangular stenographic contest.

1951 -- 50 years ago

After more than twenty years absence from the entertainment world, Rock Island's silent movie star, Peggy Montgomery, is considering returning to the public eye via television. Miss Montgomery left her screen career in 1930 to marry John L. Ponder in San Francisco and devote full-time to homemaking interests. On the program that she is considering, she would play the piano, do some reading and singing and interview guests.

1976 -- 25 years ago

Thieves escaped with $30,000 worth of fur and leather coats from a Davenport store early today, despite tripping a burglar alarm which alerted police as the burglars kicked the store's front door open. Police said the thieves eluded patrol cars responding to the 5:30 a.m. alarm at Richter-Rhomberg, 219 W. 2nd St., and took with them 38 mink, muskrat, rabbit and leather coats. Officers arrived within minutes of the alarm but found no trace of the thieves.

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