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Day in history for January 10, 2004

1854 -- 150 years ago: The sheriff of Rock Island County, and the sheriff of Henry County, and the postmaster in Rock Island, have decided the Republican has the largest circulation of any paper printed in said counties. It is therefore, the only paper in which the publication of notices of the redemption of lands sold at tax sales are legal.
1879 -- 125 years ago: Herr Zwicker of Rock Island has patented a bedwarmer, and a ready sale for it is predicted.
1904 -- 100 years ago: Charles Shaw has moved his family from Beardstown for residence in Moline. He is a passenger brakeman on the Burlington Road.
1929 -- 75 years ago: W.W. Church, who is 100 years old today, has been a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge for 74 years.
1954 -- 50 years ago: An order by the Bettendorf city council for repair and remodeling of the Skorna Hotel at 1630 State St. resulted in the announcement that the structure will be torn down and a new commercial building erected in its place. Charles Skorna said that he considered the requirements of the council for measures designed to fireproof the frame building as prohibitive and excessive.
1979 -- 25 years ago: Milan police are looking for a thief who broke into the Corn Crib Restaurant, 229 W. 1st St., Milan. Police say someone entered the restaurant through a back window and took food valued at $250. The missing items included two roasts, a 20-pound ham, two cases of soda pop, 10 pounds of cheese, five pounds of shrimp, 100 steaks and a large quantity of chocolate milk.

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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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