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Day in history for November 7, 2002

1852 -- 150 years ago: All the iron needed to complete the Rock Island Railroad as far as Peru has been shipped by water from Buffalo and should arrive this coming week. The railroad will be finished from Chicago to Peru by Jan. 1 and after that there will be only 80 miles of track to lay for it to reach Rock Island.
1877 -- 125 years ago: P.T. Barnum, the showman, will exhibit his Colorado petrified man in Rock Island Nov. 22.
1902 -- 100 years ago: Because of the drawn-out strike of phone girls, the Rock Island city council repealed the ordinance granting a franchise to the Central Union Telephone Company.
1927 -- 75 years ago: Members of the Rock Island and Moline posts of the American Legion will compete in selling tickets for a concert of the United States Marine band Nov. 21.
1952 -- 50 years ago: Mercy Hospital was granted the largest building permit in Davenport's history. The permit, which calls for construction of a new addition to the hospital including a chapel, staff headquarters, additional nurses quarters and hospital rooms, totaled $2,193,000.
1977 -- 25 years ago: Arthur Swift has retired as president and general manager of WQAD-TV (Channel 8) in Moline. Swift will be succeeded by Richard Gilbert, director of corporate development at the Des Moines Register And Tribune Co., which purchased the station from Swift and other local investors earlier this year.

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1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.

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