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GIRLS' STATE TRACK AND FIELD UPDATES

Day in history for March 18, 2008

1858 -- 150 years ago: The river at this point is rising. The rain yesterday, if it is extended, will do much to bring it to a fine running stage.
1883 -- 125 years ago: Miss Rhea, the distinguished Belgian actress, will appear at Harper's Theater March 24th in 'Adrienne Lecouvre' which Miss Bernhardt has made so popular.
1908 -- 100 years ago: Lincoln School was closed today for fumigation after a case of smallpox was discovered.
1933 -- 75 years ago: Brigadier General Harry Burgess, 61, Army engineer, former governor of the Panama Canal Zone, head of the Rock Island District, Corps of Engineers, from 1919 to 1922, died this morning in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
1958 -- 50 years ago: Accidental igniting of lint or some other substance was given today as the probable cause of a spectacular blaze which ravaged the 40-year-old former Immanuel Lutheran School in Rock Island last night. Fire Chief Charles J. Wahlheim this morning estimated the loss to the building and contents at $75,000.
1983 -- 25 years ago: Several former presidents of Junior Service League of Moline gathered at Butterworth Center to discuss the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration of the Organization and Le Bal Moulin, the annual dinner-dance sponsored by the group, which is April 16th at the Blackhawk Hotel, Davenport.

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1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.

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