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Day in history for April 29, 2005

1855 -- 150 years ago: The work of grading and paving the levee was steadily improving under the management of Mr. A. Carmichael.
1880 -- 125 years ago: The Rodman flour mill property on 1st Avenue was sold to ex-alderman O'Neil by the Davenport Savings Bank.
1905 -- 100 years ago: The United Christian Party held a national convention at the Watchtower.
1930 -- 75 years ago: The annual regional meeting of the western Illinois district of the Illinois Library Association was held in Moline with librarians and library trustees from 17 Illinois cities in attendance.
1955 -- 50 years ago: An annual Springfield trip for 55 eighth grade students at Edison Junior High School, Rock Island, continued today despite minor injuries for six of the students in an accident south of Galesburg. The mishap involved both of the buses which were transporting the students on the annual tour.
1980 -- 25 years ago: Rock Island's ailing Sunset Marina may be on the way to recovery, following an injection of $259,704 by city officials. Councilmen Monday approved the expenditure in the facility's annual budget that will pay for badly needed repairs.

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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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