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  Today is Sunday, Nov. 8, the312th day of 2009. There are53 days left in the year.

1859 -- 150 years ago: We learn from Mr. Campbell, who lives near Aledo and was in town on Monday, that the man who lost the horses at the fire, an account of which we published in our last paper, was Thomas Morehead and not Mr. Whitham, as we were first informed.

1884 -- 125 years ago: The Davenport Herald and Gazette consolidated today to form the Herald-Gazette.

1909 -- 100 years ago: Two hundred delegates are attending the annual state convention of the W.C.T.U. in Rock Island.

1934 -- 75 years ago: The LeClaire Theatre, Moline, will be closed for two weeks during December for remodeling and redecorating, according to William Prass, manager.

1959 -- 50 years ago: Moline beautician Marjorie Davis had a happy smile as she weighed the 3 ¼ pound white bass she caught fishing off the railroad bridge near the powerhouse in Sylvan Slough. The white bass record is 3 pounds even, by Sidney Bosoluke of East Moline.

1984 -- 25 years ago:Denise Polfliet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Polfliet of Rapids City, has been chosen for the DAR Good Citizen Award. Leadership, dependability, service and patriotism are the criteria on which this award is based.









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