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Morning Star, November 8, 2024, pg. 6 We continue with our theme of "Albion, 100 Years Ago." November 5, 1924: "Roscoe Smith of Springport was an Albion visitor yesterday." "The inquest over the remains of Underwood Cheek, a local colored boy who met death in the high school swimming pool about two weeks ago, will be held Thursday." "The wooden bridge across the Consumer Power Company's tailrace on the west side of the city Market Place has been closed to traffic while the city makes repairs upon the structure." November 7, 1924. "A big boulder, the larger the better, is greatly desired by the Albion Grand Army of the Republic post to place in Victory Park as a memorial to Civil War veterans." "Mike Tomchak will open a new soft drink place and billiard room at 610 Austin Ave. Saturday night, in a building recently erected for him. He plans to have a dance in the place on the opening night." November 8, 1924. "Earl Wilson and William Gilchrist, colored men who were arrested in a raid on a gambling place in Gadsen Ct. about two weeks ago, and charged with carrying concealed weapons, pled guilty Friday afternoon before Judge Walter H. North in circuit court." November 13, 1924. "Albion's Hard Water Costly Says Randall. Citizens of Albion would save $150 every day of the year in soap bills alone if a water softening plant were installed here, Dr. David L. Randall, head of the department of chemistry at Albion College, said Wednesday." November 14, 1924. "Six Held for Bank Robbery at Springport. The entire gang that robbed the State Bank at Springport has been rounded up and progress made in identifying some of the members, state officers announced Thursday." November 15, 1924. "Aldie Torrey, former resident of this city, died this morning at 9 o'clock at his residence 209 S. West Ave in Jackson. He was the owner of a farm on the W. Erie St. Rd., and for a number of years was in the grocery business in Albion. The widow and a son, Edwin Torrey, a farmer living near Homer, survive." November 20, 1924. "Unless the cities of Albion, Marshall, Battle Creek, and Kalamazoo act soon, the Kalamazoo River will be nothing but a drainage stream. Already in the summer months the stench from the River endangers health, and the pollution is killing off the fish. The trouble starts in Albion where chemicals from several factories and the city sewage pollute the River to such an extent that in the summer from Albion to Marengo the odor is terrific and few if any fish can live in the water for a distance of at least four miles west of Albion." November 25, 1924. "Through the efforts of the Americanization Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, Egnat Egnatuk of this city has been enabled to secure his citizenship papers. Egnatuk was a soldier in the American Army during the World War and as a consequence was given his citizenship." November 26, 1924, Want Ads. "To Rent, House at 304 Crandall St." "For Rent, pleasant warm room suitable for living and sleeping [no address nor contact given]." "Roomers wanted. 908 N. Clinton St." "Furnished Rooms, sleeping or light housekeeping. 703 N. Superior St." "Lost: Yellow and White Puppy. Phone 452 [no name or address given]." "Garage for rent. 512 W. Center St. [no name given]."
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