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Morning Star, April 3, 2026, pg. 7 We continue with our theme of "Albion - 100 Years Ago." April 5, 1926: "School Nurse is Dead After Auto Accident. Miss Alice Spence, Albion's school nurse, died at 2:15 this afternoon at Sheldon Memorial Hospital with a probably fractured skull and other injuries, following an accident on the S. Huron St. crossing of the Michigan Central railway when her automobile was struck by train No. 47, the Wolverine flyer, at 10:30 this morning." "A lone colored man tried to hold up the West End Market grocery store on Austin Ave. near Albion St., about 1:45 Saturday night, but $6 was the extent of his booty." April 8, 1926. "A man who evidently thought no one resided at the American Legion home on W. Porter St. opened a west window on the ground floor early Wednesday morning and started to investigate the interior with a flashlight." "In a letter from Mrs. George E. Dean to her family, she tells of the winning of a second silver cup by Master George E. Dean, Jr. at the horse show at Charleston, SC where he defeated all entrants in the pony running races and came under the wire at the head of the line." April 9, 1926. Sheldon Hospital Notes. "The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Reinhold Frank, who has been in the hospital for treatment for hernia, was discharged yesterday. "John Shimkus, R. F. D. 7, was brought to the Sheldon hospital yesterday for the amputation of the end of the middle finger on his left hand which was crushed by a machine in which Mr. Shimkus was grinding horseradish. After the operation Mr. Shimkus returned to his home." April 10, 1926. "Harry Zozulia, 8-year-old son of Mrs. and Mrs. Alex Zozulia, 614 W. Michigan St., was struck and killed almost instantly by a Reo sedan driven by Sherwood Brown, well known Albion College senior residing at 517 Michigan Ave. Friday evening about 8:15. The accident happened in front of the West End grocery." April 12, 1926. "A. S. Wildt, local plumber, has been awarded the contract by Albion College authorities for the construction of an underground steam-heating line from the central heating plant on the lower college campus, north on Oswego St. to the residents of President John L. Seaton at the corner of Michigan Ave. and Bidwell St., and from thence to the new women's dormitory on Michigan Ave." April 14, 1926: "Albert Polzin, a well-known farmer whose home is about one mile east of Albion on the M-17 highway on what is known as the Ruff farm, was killed this afternoon shortly before 1 o'clock when he was thrown from a load of hay which topped over in the alley leading to the city market place, just at the rear of the Model Laundry, E. Erie St., his neck being broken." Headline: "New Directory to be Issued for This City. Coldwater Man Authorized to Get out Book in Near Future." "Albion is to have a Chinese chop suey restaurant; a deal having been closed today whereby Messrs. Chee and Lum of Battle Creek will take over the Brit Spot Cafe from Carl Boyer on April 26. The cafe, located over Noll's jewelry store on S. Superior St. has been operated quite successfully for the past two years." April 16, 1926. "M.E.R Car Shops Fire. By far the most disastrous fire that Albion has had in its entire history occurred Thursday evening when the major part of the Michigan Electric Railway car shops outside the western city limits on the M-17 highway, was destroyed." April 17, 1926. "Although the original Van Sickle gravel pit has been sold to Ed Brunner, Mrs. Van Sickle retains the ownership of the pit on the west side of the Newburg Road and will continue to sell gravel from it as formerly." April 19, 1926: "Frank Grooms, E. North St., has been appointed a member of the city police force and goes on duty for the first time tonight as night patrolman." "Mrs. Gardner Gale, her son Jack Gale, her daughter Mrs. Clinton Hafford of New Rochelle, NY and her sister Mrs. Charles Craven of Kansas City, who were here Saturday for Mr. Gale's burial in Riverside Cemetery, returned to Columbus, OH today." April 20, 1926. Headline: "Farm Home of Guy Harris is Razed by Fire. Roof All Ablaze When the Occupants Discover Blaze." April 27, 1926. "Zoning Problem Talked Over by Albion Council. The matter was suggested to the city dads by Fred W. Gress, who said he wished that something could be done to prevent the installation of filling stations and other places of business in distinctively residential sections. Albion has no regulations along that line at present." "Chee and Lum, new proprietors of the Brit Spot Cafe, S. Superior St. over Noll's jewelry store, took possession of the place yesterday." April 28, 1926. William Blackburn proprietor of a grocery store at the corner of Dalrymple and W. Erie Sts., reported to the police he found that thieves had entered his business by breaking through a panel in the front door and had gotten away with about $19 worth of goods, consisting mainly of cigarettes and smoking tobacco.
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