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Morning Star, May 29, 2026, pg. 7 We continue with our theme of "Albion - 100 Years Ago." June 1, 1926. Headline: Great Crowds Inspect Parker Inn on Monday. Thousands Visit Albion's Fine Community Hotel." Text: "Gasps of wonderment and exclamation of admiration were evinced on every hand at Albion's new community hostelry, Parker Inn, which throngs of people went through the structure Monday afternoon and evening at which time it was thrown open for the first time for public inspection." June 2, 1926. "Clyde Trine, N. Berrien St. has received no word from his daughter Bertha Trine, 17 years old, who disappeared Sunday, May 23, and today announced that he would offer a $50 reward for information concerning her whereabouts." June 4, 1926. "Bad Blaze in Dry-Cleaning Establishment. F. A. Corey, colored, proprietor of a barber shop and drycleaning establishment at 114 W. Porter St. was painfully burned on his left forearm and his place was damaged to the extent of probably better than $500 as the result of a fire occurring there this morning shortly after 9 o'clock. Corey was brushing a hat with a gasoline-dipped brush, standing just a few feet away from a lighted gas plate, when suddenly a pan containing the fluid exploded. Men from nearby business places rushed in and put out the flames they believed, but shortly afterward there was another explosion when it became necessary to call the Fire Department." June 5, 1926. "George F. Dean has covered with calcium chloride the Concord Road beginning with a point adjacent to the O'Maley place and extending about a half mile to the east." "Mrs. and Mrs. Donald Rutz are expecting to return to Concord soon to make their home. Mr. Rutz and Rae Corliss are co-owners of the Concord News and the Parma News." June 8, 1926. "Dr. Washington Gardner returned to his home on Michigan Ave. last evening from the Battle Creek sanitarium where he had been spending several weeks." June 14, 1926. George, the 5-year-old son of Mrs. and Mrs. Ward Swann, W. Erie St., is seriously ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Edward Burk of Ashland, OH is here helping care for him." June 19, 1926. "Gideons Will Dedicate Bible at Parker Inn. 71 Bibles given to the Parker Inn by Mrs. and Mrs. Harry B. Parker to be placed in all of the rooms, will be dedicated Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Gideons, the society of Christian traveling men." June 21, 1926. Four Arrested in Booze Raids Here Saturday. Those arrested and the charges against them were: Mrs. Mary Martin, 706 N. Albion St. manufacture, possession and sale of liquor; Walter Egnatuk, 809 N. Albion, possession; Mrs. Walter Egnatuk, same address as above, sale of liquor; Karl Waito, northwest of Albion, possession and sale. Mrs. Martin's place was visited first. The officers stated they found 15 gallons of liquor, 85 bottles of home-made beer, one still, parts of another still and about 200 gallons of mash. The still, they said, was warm and had evidently just been used. The Waito farm yielded two sacks of beer and a complete still, the officers reported, the beer and apparatus being hidden in a swampy place on the farm." June 22, 1926. "Chief of Police George Stoddard late Monday served warrants on Mrs. Sophia Dubina, Sheridan St., and John Mymochod, Chauncey St., on charges of selling liquor." June 24, 1926. "Twenty People Have Been Killed at Albion's R. R. Crossings in Ten Years, The causes of the accidents have been classified as follows: Intoxications: 3; Carelessness: 2; Suicide: 2; Workmen killed on tracks: 2; Electrocution: 1; Accidental: 11." June 25, 1926: "A four-legged chicken is to be seen at the J.A. Gibbs coal office. The creature, which is two days old, walks on one pair of legs, the other pair being directly behind the first, all the feet being perfectly formed. The chick is quite active and it is believed it will live." June 26, 1926: "Tent meetings to continue indefinitely under the auspices of the Church of God were started Friday evening in a tent on Crandall St., and the local pastor of that denomination, Rev. Elmer U. Coleman, has invited everyone in the community to attend." June 29, 1926: "Boys Captured After Stealing Four Machines. After a series of thefts in the course of which they stole four different automobiles, three boys who got away with the Marsh company ambulance in this city Sunday night were captured this morning near Cassopolis, and were discovered to be from the Starr Commonwealth." "With a colored attorney from Jackson, and three other colored men as witnesses, Judge North Monday granted two men from Albion decrees for divorce in the circuit court. Monroe Brown got a decree from Emma Brown, and William Tucker one from Hannah Tucker. Both women left some time ago and are now in the South." "A zoning ordinance passed by the City Council at its regular gathering Monday evening will make it impossible for any filling-station, grocery store or any other place of business to be located in a strictly residence section without the approval of the nearby residents." June 30, 1926: "The three Starr Commonwealth boys who were arrested yesterday at Cassopolis, are being held there, the sheriff there refusing to turn them over to the Calhoun County authorities. The three youngsters are: Harold Gazley, 15; Elone Smith, 14; and Albert Ronus, 13. It is expected they will be taken before the probate judge at Cassopolis."
All text copyright, 2026 © all rights reserved Frank Passic | Artwork copyright Maggie LaNoue © 2026
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