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Day in history for August 25, 2008

1858 -- 150 years ago: Comment is unnecessary in regard to the ability of the theater company now in town to perform any play at all. The crowd that nightly flocks to this place is evidence enough. The plays for tonight are Andldquo;MacbethAndrdquo; and Andldquo;The Stage Struck Yankee.Andrdquo;1883 -- 125 years ago:
1908 -- 100 years ago: Work on the Mississippi River dike which will keep about 20,000 acres of land dry is progressing rapidly.1933 -- 75 years ago:
1958 -- 50 years ago: More than 6,500 visitors jammed the fairgrounds south of East Moline Saturday for the final day of the Rock Island County Fair, bringing total attendance for the 5-day event to a record-breaking 29,000.1983 -- 25 years ago:

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1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.

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