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Have dinner with the Quad City Mallards from 5:30-8 p.m. at Famous Dave's, 1110 E. Kimberly Road, Davenport. Take photos, get autographs, and chat with the players. The Quad City Mallards Booster Club sponsors the event. Call (563) 528-2885 or email for details.
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Today is Friday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2012. There are 339 days left in the year.
1862 -- 150 years ago: The eastern mail will be late tonight because the railroad bridge across the canal at Joliet was broken down last night by the express freight train going east. Two or three cars are in the canal. No lives were lost.
1887 -- 125 years ago: Harry Sage, Rock Island baseball catcher, will play for Des Moines next year, following a season's work with St. Paul in the Northwest league.
1912 -- 100 years ago: Henry Frick is retiring from the livery business and will move to Texas. The livery has been purchased by the Normoyle Brothers.
1937 -- 75 years ago: The army is preparing to evacuate more than half a million from the Mississippi valley if the flood waters threaten life.
1962 -- 50 years ago: Stanley R. Stone and Rudy Needham were named co-chairmen for the 1962 Milan Indian Summer Festival held annually during the Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1, 2 and 3, at the first meeting of the general committee for this year.
1987 -- 25 years ago: United Auto Workers and Deere & Co. negotiators were poring over a new contract proposal this morning as a breakthrough in the 158-day labor dispute appeared imminent. A source close to the talks said negotiators for both sides were considering the new proposal separately and that main-table bargaining sessions could follow shortly.
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