It is 12:18 p.m. Monday in Port Byron. The “ball bearings,” or rather the acorns, have suddenly stopped pelting and rolling on the roof after hours of doing so.
Steamboat accidents in the middle 1800s to the early 1900s have been a topic of many of my columns since 1984 when I began.
During the past two weeks our air conditioner, still under warranty, quit working on three occasions. Each time a service man got it going again. The second time it was worked on it lasted for six hours.
In 1948, there were large numbers in attendance at church on Easter Sunday. There were also many Easter-related activities in that pre-television era during Easter weekend.
Cliff Christl, the Green Bay Packers historian, recently wrote an article for packers.com, “The twisted fates of Green Bay & Rock Island.” He was referring to the early days of the Packers and the Rock Island Independents football teams.
They are here. Stink bugs that is.
It is not clear if Canada geese went head first into each engine or if they backed in, but they successfully stopped both jet engines on an Airbus A320 on Jan. 15, 2009, as it flew over the Bronx Zoo in New York City. The bird strike was at 2,800 feet.
President Trump has declared war on MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational gang of thugs.
It was a long, lonely stretch of highway. It ran across the solemn bottoms of the Hatchie River. There was little activity along the road. The area was as dead as the horse lying across the highway in front of my car one day. I made this trip through the Hatchie River bottoms every day when …
With the John Deere Classic, a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, taking place this week at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, we are reminded of another golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was once held at the Davenport Country Club.
During the past two weeks our air conditioner, still under warranty, quit working on three occasions. Each time a service man got it going again. The second time it was worked on it lasted for six hours.
(My granddaughter, a college senior, recently visited the island of Cuba with family. This is her account. She asked that I not use her name.)
Geologists tell us that the Rock River is older than Lake Michigan, but this year there’s something new. On June 3, we witnessed the grand opening of the Rock River Trail system.
The late Kay Fellows, a writer friend, who wrote for the “Review,” an Erie weekly newspaper, sent us a copy of a story, “The Enigma of the Headless Hunter,” from the December 1935 issue of “True Detective Mysteries.”
"A lone hunter was sitting patiently in his duck 'blind' on an isolated island in the Rock River" in Whiteside County on the morning of Nov. 12, 1932, according to a story in the December 1935 "True Detective Mysteries, " written by Leslie C. Swanson, as told to him by Whiteside County Deput…
Corn seeds take a tremendous amount of time and money to develop. So it is expensive and troublesome for companies such as DuPont Pioneer, Monsanto and LG seeds when the Chinese steal GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) seeds from experimental fields in Iowa and Illinois.
At 8:45 a.m. May 18, 1927 an elementary school at Bath, Mich., north of East Lansing, exploded killing 36 children and two teachers. There were 58 people injured and other deaths related to the catastrophe. The school had about 250 students registered at that time.
On Aug. 3, 1920, at about 11:30 in the morning, the Commercial Savings Bank at 1517 15th St., Moline, was robbed.
In March 1929, the Rock River reached its highest point in years. The rise in the water levels of both the Mississippi and Rock rivers were causing havoc. The Rock River was causing a lot of trouble north of Moline in Prophetstown and the surrounding area.
Once again, we are reminded that the Mississippi River can still go on its proverbial “bender.” The Mississippi River is expected to reach 17.1 feet -- 2.1 feet above flood stage at Lock & Dam 15 -- around May 3, as I write this. But it cannot cause the destruction that it once did.
ISIS, sometimes referred to as ISIL, is digging up images of the past in Syria.
In 1948, there were large numbers in attendance at church on Easter Sunday. There were also many Easter-related activities in that pre-television era during Easter weekend.
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Years ago I often sang “I know That My Redeemer Liveth,” as a solo on Easter Sunday in a church. It is an air from Part III of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio, “Messiah.” It’s a lovely sonorous song, but a challenge to the singer. It was written for a coloratura soprano.
Cliff Christl, the Green Bay Packers historian, recently wrote an article for packers.com, “The twisted fates of Green Bay & Rock Island.” He was referring to the early days of the Packers and the Rock Island Independents football teams.
I heard the story of the most sensational manhunt ever held in Henry County several times when I was growing up and how my mother played a role in it.
Addie Wyatt began working full time in 1941 during an era when women and people of color were routinely discriminated against on and off the job. She was born in Mississippi in 1924 and came to Chicago in 1930, according to the “2017 Theme and 2017 Honorees -- National Women’s History Project.”
What seems like the right thing to do may not be the smart thing to do.
-- I don’t answer a ringing phone if it registers “Unknown Caller.” I don’t want to talk to someone who doesn’t know who they are.
Ulysses S. Grant, we grew up hearing, was the most famous Union general in the Civil War. In February 1862, 155 years ago, Grant cheered up the Union when he captured both Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee. Nevertheless, his theater commander considered replacing him.
Dan Haughey, of Moline, an actor, storyteller and teaching-artist, presented an hour-long, one-man re-enactment of Civil War General U.S. Grant reminiscing about his life.