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GIRLS' STATE TRACK AND FIELD UPDATES

Day in history for January 27, 2002

1852 -- 150 years ago: With plank roads, there would be little fatigue for horses or oxen, less wear on wagons, and farmers could double their loads.
1877 -- 125 years ago: Many from Rock Island attended a dinner given by the Burns Club of Davenport last evening in honor of Scotland's favorite bard.
1902 -- 100 years ago: It being Sunday, Rev. J.B. Simons, pastor of the First Baptist Church, preached in the morning on ``Encouragement to the Tempted'' and in the evening on ``Compassion, Rather Than Vengeance.''
1927 -- 75 years ago: The old Moline Club, once the leading civic and social organization in Moline, has formally passed out of existence, a certificate of dissolution having been filed with the secretary of state.
1952 -- 50 years ago: Every once in a while, a prisoner leaves something in his cell when he departs from the Rock Island city jail, but for the first time in Captain Ray E. Barnhart's recollection, an upper set of false teeth was left behind yesterday. The teeth apparently were left by one of 13 men who were held on vagrancy charges in the city jail.
1977 -- 25 years ago: Moline PTA members apparently have succeeded in their drive for installation of sidewalks along sections of heavily traveled 24th Avenue used by school children. Moline aldermen have earmarked $50,000 for this year's city sidewalk construction and have agreed to totally fund walks needed to eliminate safety hazards.

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1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.

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