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Day in history for February 15, 2006

1856 -- 150 years ago: For the last two or three days our community has been agitated by reports that the suspension bridge over Niagara has broken down with a train of passenger cars upon it. The report is wholly without foundation.
1881 -- 125 years ago: At the Kahlke Boat Yard the frame of a new raft boat being built for S. And C. Atlee of Fort Madison was being set up. The boat will be 132 ft. long.
1906 -- 100 years ago: Frank S. Regan, cartoonist, lectured at Broadway Church last night on ''The American Small Boy.''
1931 -- 75 years ago: The third Tri-City Symphony Orchestra concert is tomorrow afternoon at 3 in the Davenport Masonic Temple and the fourth concert of the season by Herbert Silberstein and his concert orchestra is Tuesday evening at 8:15 at the Davenport Municipal Art Gallery.
1956 -- 50 years ago: Earl H. Hanson, Rock Island superintendent of schools, will attend the national convention of the American Association of School Administrators at Atlantic City, N.J.
1981 -- 25 years ago: Gene Collingwood has set a record for staying on the job by serving as Alpha mayor for 28 years. Collingwood, 63, stuck with the post to see through a recently completed $950,000 sewer improvement project.

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1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.

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