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Morning Star, July 7, 2024, pg. 7 We continue with our theme: Albion-100 Years Ago, July, 1924: July 1, 1924: The residence of Charles Day, Mechanic St., has been quarantined for smallpox, Mrs. Day having a light case of the varioloid form of the disease." Tomorrow evening at their regular weekly concert at Victory Park, the Albion City Band will appear in their new uniforms. These consist of the regulation dark blue coats with the letters, "A. B. C." in gold in the lapels. July 2, 1924. "R. C. Sexton, who recently took over the Montcalm Lake resort just west of Albion from John G. Fox, is to revive dancing at that lake." July 5, 1924. "Gideons Will Present Bibles to Starr Boys. Sunday there will be carried out at the Starr Commonwealth for Boys a program the likes of which has never been witnessed in this city. It will be "Gideon Day." Each boy at the Commonwealth will be present a bible with his name in gold letters on the cover." July 10, 1924. "Aldie Torrey of Jackson, formerly of this city who has been at his farm on the W. Erie St. road for several days, was in town this morning and suffered a severe stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Torrey was at one time in the grocery business in Albion for a number of years." July 12, 1924. Headline: "Principal William F. Head Takes New Position. Accepts Principalship of Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, Has Been Here Seven Years and is Very Popular." July 13, 1924. "Liquor Raid is Staged Here Monday Night. A party of county and city officials staged liquor raids at two Albion homes Sunday night and at each place found the residents attempting to get rid of the evidence by emptying it out. At the residence of Wasley Oklotanka, 1209 Mallory St., they caught the man of the house in the act of pouring into the sink the contents of a five gallon jug of booze. Visiting the home of Mrs. John Malcheweski, 895 N. Albion St., they were unable to stop the woman from breaking a two-quart jar of liquor but they found two more quarts on the premises." "Two Albion Township farmers, Ernest Menke and Earl Collyer, got into the toils of the law yesterday because of hard cider. They were apprehended at King's Corners, near Homer." July 18, 1924. "The will of Mrs. Madelon S. Turner, of Kalamazoo, leaving the bulk of her estate to Albion College, will be contested. Yesterday in the court of Probate Judge Hollander at Kalamazoo, when the petition was given a hearing, Attorney Claude Carney of Kalamazoo contested this in behalf of certain heirs of Mrs. Turner, viz, Mrs. Mary Peabody Fitch of Cleveland, W. P. Peabody and Paul Peabody of Denver, and Mrs. May Peabody Sampson of Yukon, Alaska." July 21, 1924. Headline: "8-Year-Old Lad is Trampled to Death by Cow. Murrie Rowley, son of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Rowley, Meets Tragic Death at W. B. Creps Farm Late Sunday Afternoon." "Mrs. Samuel Dickie received word upon her return from the West Saturday of the death of her brother, Solomon Porter Brockway, age 85, which occurred Wednesday July 16 at his home in Staunton, Virginia after an illness cause by the infirmities of old age. While a resident of Albion, Mr. Brockway was at one time clerk of Calhoun County, and also held the position of secretary and treasurer of the Gale Manufacturing Company." July 22, 1924. "Albion Girl is Being Held at Detroit Home. Anna Chopper, 14-year-old Russian girl of Albion, who turned up in the interurban station at Detroit late Sunday night looking for her "uncle," has no uncle in that city and her mother at 1017 Albion St. in this city, has spent sleepless days and nights since Anna walked out from an Albion theater Sunday afternoon, not to be heard from until a telegram came yesterday from the Detroit girls' juvenile home on Hancock St., Detroit. Because her father had no money and payday is not until Thursday, no funds were available at the humble Albion St. home for Anna's return from the city. There are seven children in the family." "Last evening at a meeting of the Board of Education of the Albion Public Schools, William C. Harton of this city was chosen principal of the High School to succeed William F. Head. Mr. Harton was the choice of the board among 20 candidates and those in touch with the situation feel that they have made the right selection." July 30, 1924: "Human Chain Saves Life of Albion Woman. When the Studebaker coupe in which they were riding slid off the road and rolled 400 feet down the side of one of the Allegheny mountains at Summit, PA, a human chain of motorists reached down and rescued Miss Eathel Martin, College librarian, little Theodora [Kulikowski] Martin and Miss Delight Smith, until recently employed in the Smith drug store. Miss Smith was seriously hurt." "Floyd W. Parks has installed a soda fountain in his drug store at the corner of Erie and Superior Sts. and this afternoon started serving sodas." July 31, 1924. "Emancipation Day Program Here Tomorrow. Final Arrangements are Made for Big Colored Celebration Friday Which is Expected to Draw Large Crowd From All Over the State. Final arrangements for the big Emancipation Day celebration here tomorrow have been made by Chairman Estis Howard and his committee from the Albion Victoria Lodge, F. and A.M."
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