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Day in history for December 21, 2004

1854 -- 150 years ago: A baker's cart passed the editor on Illinois Street today. The boy carrier was playing an accordion accompaniment to the music of the horse's sleighbells.
1879 -- 125 years ago: Attendance was large all three days of the Rock Island Gun Club's trap-shooting tournament at the club's East Rock Island park.
1904 -- 100 years ago: Tom A. Marshall of Keithsburg, the famous sharpshooter, has finished a tour of eastern cities and will leave for South America to give shooting demonstrations. The Remington Co. is so pleased with his work that it has raised his salary to the snug sum of $1,000 a year.
1929 -- 75 years ago: Thomas B. Reidy was elected president of the Rock Island Real Estate Board.
1954 -- 50 years ago: Safe crackers who apparently hid in McCabe's Department Store, 1713 3rd Ave., Rock Island, until after it closed Monday night, broke into the large store safe on the third floor and escaped with an estimated $12,500 in cash and checks.
1979 -- 25 years ago: The Quad-Cities will be among the first Illinois communities where new coinless telephones are installed. Illinois Bell has installed a Charge-a-Call phone, a public telephone without a coin slot, at the Quad-City Airport. Callers can use the phone for credit card, collect or third-number outgoing calls.

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1863 -- 150 years ago: The latest interpretation of the conscription law is said to be that $800 can be paid for an exemption, in which case the person will be eligible for call ina subsequent draft; or a substitute can be furnished. In the latter case, if the substitute isaccepted, the person he represents is exempted for that draft period.
1888 -- 125 years ago: A floral concert presented by Central Presbyterian Church womenattracted a large crowd yesterday.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Milton Reed, infielder on the Davenport baseball club, has beensold to the Philadelphia National league team.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The State Bank of Rock Island has doubled its capital structure,raising it to $1 million, according to Lewis B. Wilson, president of the bank.
1963 -- 50 years ago: The American Wind Symphony Orchestra will present two concertsin the Quad-Cities on Aug. 6, performing from its specially equipped stage-barge. Thebarge, which is traveling the Mississippi River route, will be moored just off the shore forthe concerts.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Fines for overdue items at the Rock Island Public Library are beingincreased to 10 cents per day per item effective July 1. Fines will not be prorated onbooks returned after that date.

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