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Day in history for October 15, 2006

1856 -- 150 years ago: C.C. Webber has purchased the residence and 40 feet front on Illinois Street of Capt. Cook at something over $150 a foot. This, together with the 20 feet he purchased not long ago, makes him a fine building lot.
1881 -- 125 years ago: Flooding waters of the Mississippi River have become more threatening and the embankment is now being guarded day and night. No trains went out on the Rock Island Lines today.
1906 -- 100 years ago: The body of a man, headless and armless, was discovered on an island about five miles below Andalusia by J.F. Stitts yesterday while he was pulling traps for a party of hunters.
1931 -- 75 years ago: A fine of $10 and costs was levied against H.O. Rhodes, proprietor of a grocery at 218 14th St., Rock Island, by Magistrate John T. Bauer in police court today, on a charge of misbranding and diluting milk.
1956 -- 50 years ago: C. Eugene Pfister, Moline, has been awarded the Gold Medal of the American Rose Society for his untiring devotion to the rose and its culture. The honor came during the annual National Fall Convention in Louisville a week ago.
1981 -- 25 years ago: The East Moline School Board is asking for at least $110,000 for the sale of John Deere School, and at least $43,500 for a section of property just south of it.

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1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
1988 -- 25 years ago: William G. Lawrence, first administrative director, has retired fromPECO Enterprises, Inc. Prior to his service at PECO, Mr. Lawrence was the civilianpersonnel officer at the Rock Island Arsenal.

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