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GIRLS' STATE TRACK AND FIELD UPDATES

Day in history for July 30, 2002

1852 -- 150 years ago: Ormsby of New York has executed a life-like engraving on steel of the next president, General Pierce. It is 20 by 28 inches and can be procurred at the low price of $2.
1877 -- 125 years ago: The mare of Lizzie Crockett, owned by Colonel Crockett, the well-known horseman of this county, is making exceptionally fast time on the harness racing circuits this season.
1902 -- 100 years ago: Commodore Charles McHugh's launch and houseboat left for a trip down river today, with his family and four guests aboard.
1927 -- 75 years ago: Rock Island's municipal park system was appraised at $689,778.
1952 -- 50 years ago: Fifty inflated balloons, each containing a dollar bill, will be dropped from the third floor of the Farmers National Bank at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. The event will be a new feature of the annual Geneseo Dollar Days, scheduled Friday and Saturday under the sponsorship of the retail committee of the chamber of commerce.
1977 -- 25 years ago: A Coal Valley landmark will fall to the bulldozer. The Standard gas station, site of a blacksmith shop or gas station for more than a century, will be torn down by owners Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wolking to make room for a new station and store. The blacksmith shop was first opened at the site by Hugh Martin Sr., who came here from Ireland in 1868. His shop was at the rear of the building to be torn down.

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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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