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Day in history for April 22, 2003

1853 -- 150 years ago: Messrs. Sawyer, Whittaker And Co. became the owners of the large warehouse and wharf boat at the Rock Island levee.
1878 -- 125 years ago: The vote cast at the Rock Island city election on April 16 was canvassed by the council. Aldermen were declared elected as follows: First ward, Peter H. Peterson; Second ward, Swan Hanson; Third ward, E.B. Knox, and Fourth ward, H.A. Bernard.
1903 -- 100 years ago: It was announced that Walter Ammerman had been elected president of East Moline, the first to occupy that post since the town was incorporated.
1928 -- 75 years ago: Adoption of the city manager type government was termed the ``common sense'' method of improving conditions in American municipalities by Prof. Leonard D. White of the University of Chicago.
1953 -- 50 years ago: David Glen Washburn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen L. Washburn, Rock Island, soon will receive his second-year pin as a member of the National American Motorcycling Association. Both Mr. and Mrs. Washburn are motorcycling enthusiasts and enrolled their son in the association when he was seven days old.
1978 -- 25 years ago: The Illowa Health Systems Agency voted unanimously to recommend approval of joint expansion applications made by Davenport's St. Luke's and Mercy hospitals to the Iowa Health Facilities Review Committee. The review committee will determine the fate of nearly $50 million in planned projects.

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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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