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Today in history for Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013
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Today is Saturday, Jan.19, the 19th day of 2013. There are 346 days left in the year. 1863 -- 150 years ago: The charitably inclined can do much good by relieving thepressing wants of a family on Illinois Street near the round house. 1888 -- 125 years ago: Tobogganing is being enjoyed for the first time this year in BlackHawk Park south of the city. 1913 -- 100 years ago: The Rock Island Lines purchased a new depot site in Molineat a cost of $48,000. 1938 -- 75 years ago: Dr. H.A. Albrecht has been elected head of the district dentalorganization. 1963 -- 50 years ago: Robert Hecht, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theophiel H. Hecht, RockIsland, received, for the spring semester, the A.M. Blood Scholarship at Black HawkCollege. The Blood Company of Rock Island established an annual scholarship fundto go to a deserving student. The scholarship amounts to $181, enough to pay tuition andfees for one academic year. 1988 -- 25 years ago: Modern Woodmen of America offered to donate to Rock IslandCounty a 40,000- square-foot building adjacent to the county's parking lot, the companyannounced today. The offer is good news for county officials, who, for years, have faceda parking crunch and have searched for space to house court service offices hard pressedfor room. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
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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