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Day in history for July 15, 2003

1853 -- 150 years ago: Cornelius Lynde Sr. was appointed Rock Island supervisor of sidewalks by Mayor William Frizzell, and the city council instructed Lynde to build sidewalks on Illinois Street (2nd Avenue) and tax property for the work wherever the owners have refused to lay their own walks.
1878 -- 125 years ago: M.M. Ford, backed solidly by the Henry County delegation, won a Republican convention nomination for state senator over W.H. Gest of Rock Island.
1903 -- 100 years ago: A calico-clad lady of 75 on her way from Missouri to Chicago created a sensation at the Rock Island depot today by smoking a pipe.
1928 -- 75 years ago: Ralph Ostrom, cornet soloist with John Philip Sousa's band, left his parents' home in Rock Island today to rejoin the band.
1953 -- 50 years ago: An oil overflow on a heat-treating furnace at John Deere Plow Works caused a small but spectacular fire in the treating department. Moline firemen said the damage was slight and the fire was confined to the area around the combination oil and gas furnace.
1978 -- 25 years ago: Mireille Vercellotti, Bettendorf, has received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the second-highest award presented to civilians by the Department of Army. She was cited for her participation from 1965-78 in the development, implementation and operation of the Worldwide Ammunition Reporting System (WARS).

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1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
1988 -- 25 years ago: William G. Lawrence, first administrative director, has retired fromPECO Enterprises, Inc. Prior to his service at PECO, Mr. Lawrence was the civilianpersonnel officer at the Rock Island Arsenal.

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