Day in history for June 18, 2006

1856 -- 150 years ago

Mr. C.H. Smith, the enterprising proprietor of the Island City Hotel, has purchased the vacant lot between the hotel and Burditt And Sanger's Store and will erect a fine four-story brick block thereon.

1881 -- 125 years ago

Fire caused considerable damage at the Baptist church.

1906 -- 100 years ago

George Tenges, for years a resident of Milan, died this morning at Dayton, Ohio, after a long illness. He was born in 1868 and for 18 years was employed by his brother William, a blacksmith.

1931 -- 75 years ago

Opening of the Hennepin Canal for barge shipping, not only of grain, but of all other commodities, was viewed as deeply significent for the Rock Island Barge Terminal and the Quad-Cities in general.

1956 -- 50 years ago

Two young Milan girls were injured when the horse they were riding was struck by an automobile on top of the hill south of Milan on Highway 67. Dianne Britton, 5, and Mary Britton, 4, were thrown to the highway and received cuts and bruises.

1981 -- 25 years ago

Eagle food stores in the Quad-Cities will discontinue price marking individual items in favor of a scanning computer pricing system. Eagle installed its first electronic checkout scanning system in September 1980 in the Milan store.

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