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Day in history for August 18, 2004

1854 -- 150 years ago: Why doesn't some enterprising man go out in the country to bring back a load of wild game? He could get any quantity of prairie chickens, which people are eager to buy.
1879 -- 125 years ago: Col. John Wood, well-known Democrat of New York, is visiting Rock Island. The last time he was here he was with the John Robinson circus. Since then he has been to Australia and has made considerable money.
1904 -- 100 years ago: Joe Petzel nearly drowned in the Mississippi near Rock Island while he was battling two catfish in his boat. The fish weighed around 50 and 75 pounds.
1929 -- 75 years ago: When Mrs. A.J. Gordon of Rock Island arrived in Portland, Ore., to visit her son, Glenn, 19, she was informed that he had been killed that evening in a logging camp accident. He was a star athlete of Rock Island High School and had completed one year at Oregon State.
1954 -- 50 years ago: When classroom doors open Sept. 7 for Moline Public Schools, enrollment is expected to top the 9,000 mark, with over 1,300 in high school and community college.
1979 -- 25 years ago: Workers and elderly residents of downtown Moline can heave a sigh of relief. The YWCA cafeteria at 1702 6th Ave. has been saved. A 36-year-old Moline man has stepped in to pick up where former cafeteria managers Francis and Margaret Shaw left off after 20 years of serving inexpensive and nourishing meals.

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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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