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Day in history for August 28, 2002

1852 -- 150 years ago: The Whigs predict that they will carry Rock Island County by 300 votes. Democrats say the Whig majority will be whittled down this time to next to nothing.
1877 -- 125 years ago: Hans Nelson was severely burned on the hands and face by the premature discharge of some powder in Dr. Gordon's stone quarry this morning.
1902 -- 100 years ago: It was announced that more than forty unions would march in the Labor Day parade.
1927 -- 75 years ago: The Rev. Dr. R. Keene Ryan today told members of the Rock Island Kiwanis Club that ``America is safe from the assaults of Bolshevists and Communists because of the character of the people who live in the smaller sized communities of the United States.''
1952 -- 50 years ago: A brochure, listing the advantages of Rock Island as the ``Hub of the Quad-Cities,'' has been prepared by the Rock Island Chamber of Commerce and is now available. The booklets are free to the public and can be obtained at the chamber office in the Fort Armstrong Hotel.
1977 -- 25 years ago: Mrs. Lee Wassenhove, Moline, won two first places at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines with her American Saddlebred English pleasure horse, ``Why Worry Simba.'' She won in the English pleasure class for riders 18 and older, and also in the pleasure driving class for horse and show buggy.

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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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