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Today in history for Monday, March 4, 2013
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Today is Monday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2013. There are 302 days left in the year. 1863 — 150 years ago: At no previous time since 1836 have the prices of wool been so high as at the present date. It would not be surprising if wool commanded $1 per pound by mid-summer. 1888 — 125 years ago: Rock Island police made 24 arrests during February, of which nine were city cases and 15 state cases. 1913 — 100 years ago: Carl Ed, of Rock Island, has been hired to take a position as staff cartoonist of the Argus. 1938 — 75 years ago: William Stremmel, Rock Island's only surviving veteran of the Civil War, is still sawing wood and carrying out the ashes every day as he prepares to celebrate his 90th birthday next week. 1963 — 50 years ago: Large chunks of ice jammed beneath the Turkey Hollow Creek Bridge on Route 92 west of Milan this morning causing flooding. Illinois Division of Highways personnel were standing by to direct one-way traffic and to check to make sure that the span was not damaged. 1988 — 25 years ago: Black Hawk College trustees approved a 17 percent, $5 per credit hour tuition increase Thursday that will go into effect for the summer term. The change brings the hourly tuition rate to $35 per credit for Illinois in-district residents; $65 for Illinois out-of-district residents and $138 for out-of-state students. 
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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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