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GIRLS' STATE TRACK AND FIELD UPDATES

Day in history for March 15, 2006

1856 -- 150 years ago: We used to receive two mails a day from Chicago, but since the change of running time on the railroad we understand the postmaster has refused to receive the mail from the 9:45 p.m. train, so our letters and eastern papers have to lie over a day in Chicago.
1881 -- 125 years ago: At the city convention of the Nationals last night the following ticket was nominated: Mayor J.C. Cameron; city treasurer, Dr. C. Tegeler; city clerk, John R. Warner; supervisor, Julius Mosenfelder.
1906 -- 100 years ago: ''A Slave of Passion'' will be the attraction at the Illinois Theater March 18.
1931 -- 75 years ago: The resignation of Dr. Oglevee as pastor of South Park Presbyterian Church of Rock Island, subject to the will of the congregation, was presented yesterday.
1956 -- 50 years ago: Grading work started today on the site of the new Eagle-United Food Markets warehouse in Milan. The site is on the east side of Highway 67, slightly north of Knoxville Road in southeast Milan.
1981 -- 25 years ago: Two proposals, one by the Illinois Department of Transportation and one by its Iowa counterpart, to bring passenger train service back to the Quad-Cities have derailed and may never get back on track.

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1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mississippi River flooded itsbanks at Rock Island, destroying the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber companyand damaging the Lumber Company and arsenal power plant. Total loss isestimated at $100.000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.

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