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Morning Star, February 4, 2024, pg. 6 We continue with our theme of "Albion, 100 Years Ago." February 1, 1924: Among the enterprises added to Albion's growing list is a new greenhouse built in the north part of the city by M.D. and W. L. Thomson on their property at 324 Broadwell Avenue. The Thomsons have been generous contributors to the growth of our city, having erected four modern residences and remodeled and made modern three other houses in the past 13 years." "Two men from this city, Claud Rumsey and Julius Kline, were arrested and a quantity of liquor and liquor-making equipment confiscated as the result of a raid late last night by county officers on an alleged still in a residence on a farm owned by George Twa, of N. Albion St., the farm located in Lee Township. The officers placed Rumsey and Kline under arrest and proceeded to take possession of about four gallons of freshly made moon-shine." February 2, 1924: "The city today received the first shipment of water meters from the Hersey Meter Company for installation in local business places and homes, there being seventy-five in the shipment. "We will begin installing the meters Monday," said the City Manager, Donald F. Herrick, this morning." February 4, 1924: Headlines: "New Robinson Hall is Opened for Use Today. Albion College's Largest Building, Razed by Fire in December, 1922, Will Greatly Relieve Congestion Under Which Students and Faculty Have Worked." "William W. Austin Dies Suddenly Sunday Evening. Former Mayor is Victim of Heart Attack, Had Lived in This City Most of His Life." "Miss Iva Ray of the Austin Dry Goods store went to Chicago this morning to take a week's course in a corsetry school." "The big job of installing water meters throughout the city was started this morning by the city plumber, Phil Porr, residences on E. Cast St. being the first to receive the meters." February 6, 1924. "It is alleged that Clifford Smith, John Passick, and one other Albion man were apprehended in Eaton Rapids Thursday of last week with a quantity of liquor in an auto in their possession." February 9, 1924. "One of the city fire trucks from No. 1 fire station was quite badly damaged yesterday afternoon at 4:10 when it struck on side of the N. Clinton St. bridge while making the first of two runs that came within less than two hours. Driver Mike Coscarelli was at the wheel of the machine and stated afterward that he was unable to straighten out the truck after the turn into the bridge had been made from W. Cass St." "A robbery at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house on E. Erie St., occurring early this morning, is the fifth to be perpetrated at Albion College fraternity houses since the opening of school last fall, and the city authorities and college students are making a determined effort to run down the robber or robbers." February 12, 1924: City Council Minutes: "Petitions of Nick Cominski, 702 N. Albion St., and Tomchak & Petroff, 619 Austin Avenue, for soft drink licenses were laid upon the table." February 14, 1924: "The city is planning to replace the silent policeman at the corner of Superior and Erie STs., with a traffic light similar to those on the Cass St. and Michigan Avenue corners." February 15, 1924. "The Chamber of Commerce will soon open up a new headquarters in the Putnam Block, in the store just south of the Homestead Loan & Building Association's offices on S. Superior St. The move from the present headquarters over the Rhoton variety store will be made shortly." February 18, 1924. "Springport. William Deyoe, about 55 years old, was instantly killed when he fell down stairs into the basement of Brown & Pierson's hardware store here Saturday night." Headline: "Officers Visit Albion St. Place Saturday. Unexpected Visit at Former Martinoff Store Causes Near Panic, Someone Throws Gun in Stove, One Man is Placed Under Arrest." Story: "Close to 50 people, the big majority of them colored, and four of them said to have been colored women, were gathered in the former Martinoff grocery, 702 N. Albion St., Saturday evening about 10 o'clock, when a party of five local officers suddenly entered the place, and for a few minutes consternation reigned and panic resulted….No action has yet been taken against the proprietors of the place, said to be Nick Cominski and Stanley Demske." February 26, 1924. A dispatch from Jackson, received here today, is to the effect that the Albion Bolt Company is one of three concerns that will be taken over by the Hayes Wheel Company, providing the stockholders at a meeting March 25, approve the change." February 29, 1924: "Fire at Starr Commonwealth is Disastrous. Newton Hall, largest building at the Starr Commonwealth for Boys, at Montcalm Lake, three miles west of Albion was badly damaged by fire yesterday afternoon, the loss being estimated at between $12,000 and $15,000, and three members of the Albion Fire Department were injured, two of them quite seriously, in making successful efforts to save the lower part of the big structure." All text copyright, 2026 © all rights reserved Frank Passic | Artwork copyright Maggie LaNoue © 2026
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