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Day in history for August 12, 2007

1857 -- 150 years ago: The price for grain is so low that very little is coming forward for shipment. Farmers are holding the grain for better rates.
1882 -- 125 years ago: The new raft boat Eclipse left Rock Island for the north this morning. It is in the employ of the Cable Lumber Company.
1907 -- 100 years ago: The Rock Island Post Office dispatched 42,685 pounds of mail during July, according to a report made to the Post Office Dept. today. In all, there were more than 702,000 pieces of mail.
1932 -- 75 years ago: J.P. Siemon, Rock Island, has been elected by the stockholders as a director of the State Bank of Rock Island to serve the unexpired term of E.H. Guyer, a member of the board since the incorporation of the present bank in 1905.
1957 -- 50 years ago: An appeal in the Moline vs. Davenport Bridge Commission case will be filed tomorrow by Moline City Atty. John R. Coryn. Coryn will contest the district court's rulings which gave the bridge commission authority to condem public land in Moline and set $25,002 as payment for the condemnation.
1982 -- 25 years ago: More than seven months of negotiations between East Moline city officials and the municipal employees union ended Wednesday when the workers voted to ratify a new three year contract.

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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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