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Day in history for October 27, 2002

1852 -- 150 years ago: The macadamized turnpike at the upper end of Rock Island is so broken and rough that it is a nuisance. Better a dirt road than macadam like that.
1877 -- 125 years ago: Fred Hass of Rock Island and the Argillo Works of Carbon Cliff have won contracts to help build the new penitentiary at Chester, Ill.
1902 -- 100 years ago: Burglars who broke into the Lothar Harms house took a gold watch and chain and $30.
1927 -- 75 years ago: The Mississippi Valley baseball league will remain intact in 1928, President Hill said at a meeting of baseball leaders of eight cities.
1952 -- 50 years ago: A Rock Island man sought police protection after he reported being threatened in an apparent carryover from moonshine activity of relatives in Arkansas. James Harris, who gave his address as 230 13th St., was quoted as saying the threats stem from several years ago when he reported the illegal liquor activities of his uncle and several others in Arkansas.
1977 -- 25 years ago: An exclusive new club is being formed at Orion High School. Prospective members of the ``Casted Many'' club must have had an unlucky ``break'' to join. Nine students at Orion High School are currently in casts or on crutches due to injuries received in a variety of ways. Members are dropped from the club when their casts are removed.

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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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