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Day in history for June 14, 2003

1853 -- 150 years ago: A serious affray took place six or seven miles east of Knoxville in which a club and knife were used. A Mr. Gullett was seriously and fatally wounded.
1878 -- 125 years ago: The Athletic Club will stage its first travesty on Romeo and Juliet at Peoria on June 19.
1903 -- 100 years ago: Ten-year-old Hatwig Bodenstedt of South Rock Island waited in a buggy holding the reins of the horse while her mother called at the Harms Hotel. A passing train frightened the horse and it ran away, throwing out Hatwig at 7th Ave. The little girl suffered principally from shock and fright.
1928 -- 75 years ago: Herbert Hoover was reported tightening his hold on delegates at the National Republican Convention at Kansas City.
1953 -- 50 years ago: A drive to make Rock Island youths conscious of the dangers involved in standing in streets to hitch rides is currently being conducted by Rock Island police. In the past two days, five youths have received suspended $10 fines in Rock Island police court on hitchhiking counts.
1978 -- 25 years ago: Wilbur Bender doesn't read Flemish, so when he received a letter last month from the Belgian consulate in Chicago, it was some time before he learned he is to be named a Knight in the Order of Leopold II. Bender said he believes the award was made for his work as president for 15 years of the Belgian American Brothers, Rock Island.

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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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