Day in history for September 5, 2008

1858 -- 150 years ago
We take a great pleasure in acknowledging the present of a beautiful bouquet from the garden of David Lingle.1883 -- 125 years ago:

1908 -- 100 years ago
William Randolph Hearst, noted publisher, will speak at the Rock Island Labor Day celebration.1933 -- 75 years ago:

1958 -- 50 years ago
Break-ins overnight were reported this morning at two Rock Island schools and offices in both were ransacked. Both St. Pius X School, at 30th Avenue and 24th Street, and Eugene Field School, 29th Street and 31st Avenue, were entered but nothing was reported missing from either building.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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