Day in history for December 22, 2006

1856 -- 150 years ago

About 1,200 dead letters were packed up at the Post Office here and forwarded to Washington, D.C. They were the accumulation of the last three months.

1881 -- 125 years ago

The new city electric lighting system is about completed. A test made last night was very satisfactory.

1906 -- 100 years ago

The Peter Fries estate offered to build a $30,000 building across from the Hotel Harms for the use of the Elks.

1931 -- 75 years ago

The Rock Island County Dental Society, at its annual meeting in the Fort Armstrong Hotel, elected Dr. Arthur E. Glawe of Rock Island as president to succeed Dr. I.I. Morton, also of this city.

1956 -- 50 years ago

Two European Fallow deer are newcomers to the Children's Zoo at Fejervary Park, Davenport. The animals, almost white in color, weigh about 150 pounds each and stand about four feet high at the shoulders. The animals were presented to the Zoo by Eagle Food Centers.

1981 -- 25 years ago

The last towboat of the year headed for Clinton on the Mississippi this week from Davenport, hoping to return before the ice socks in river traffic. Traffic at Dubuque's Lock and Dam 11 has shut down. River traffic through Lock and Dam 15, Rock Island, for the week totaled 29 towboats and 126 barges moving 146,400 tons of cargo.

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