Day in history for May 6, 2002

1852 -- 150 years ago

A Rock Island man sent away for a box of cigars. By the time he had smoked half of them, he suspected that they contained something besides tobacco. He opened one of the cigars and put the filling in dirt in a flower pot. He says the result was cabbage buds, from which he has grown a fine head of cabbage.

1877 -- 125 years ago

At the sawmill of Keator And Co. the rotary saw run by Michael Brennan struck the iron dog which holds the logs in position and 16 teeth were soon flying in all directions. One went through a window and imbedded itself in the harness of a mule standing on the river bank.

1902 -- 100 years ago

The George White Buggy Company announced its decision not to move from Rock Island but to remain and erect a new factory building.

1927 -- 75 years ago

Mayor C.C. Thompson said plans of Moline and East Moline bootleggers to start operations in Rock Island will be promptly blocked.

1952 -- 50 years ago

Someone is going to have the best dressed neck in Moline. The management of Block and Kuhl store reported to police that a 54-pound package containing $425 worth of neckties was stolen from a shipping platform at the rear of the store.

1977 -- 25 years ago

East Moline Mayor Dennis Jacobs, on behalf of the city's Mental Health Association, has protested to Gov. James Thompson over the transfer of antique furniture from the East Moline State Hospital to a state museum in Springfield.

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