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Morning Star, March 3, 2024, pg. 8 We continue with our theme of "Albion, 100 Years Ago." March 3, 1924. "Donald F. Herrick, Albion City Manager says, "We have had more leaks in city water mains this year than ever before, as far as the records show." March 4, 1924. Headline: "Albion College Students Vote For Prohibition. Referendum Taken Today in the National College Vote Shown an Overwhelming Majority in Favor of the Amendment and the Volstead Act." "Those boys who wish to form Troop 3, Boy Scouts, or any boys desiring to become members of a Scout troop, are urged to meet at the office of the Union Steel Products Co. tomorrow evening at 7:30. A scoutmaster (a good one, too!) has been found and the work of the troop should progress rapidly." March 5, 1924. "The police were called to the offices of the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. last evening to dispose of a dog that apparently had gone mad. The animal, the property of a family living on the 3rd floor of the building, had alarmed the telephone girls by his queer actions and the police killed it." "Albion Holding Co. Passes Out of Existence. The Albion Holding Co., a corporation organized in 1915, passed out of existence yesterday, ending a chapter of progress in Albion that has made for big improvements in the business section of the city. The company was funded to take over the old stone mill property on Superior St. The old mill was sold to the Commercial Bank. The elevator was moved back and sold to the Farmers Elevator Co. On the property next to the bank the company built the store occupied by Rhoton's, and sold it. The property between this store and Smith & Lathwell's was sold to George Bohm, and will at some time be covered with an up-to-date movie theatre. The old Eslow mill was sold to the Maple City Dairy, one of the going concerns of the city." March 6, 1924. "The $1,000 damage suit brought by Bert Boulton against Misses Esther O'Dell and Lucille Scott, Dalrymple School teachers, will probably come up in circuit court for trial the week after next." March 7, 1924. "Rae Corliss, Albion young man, now connected with the Jackson Citizen Patriot, was one of a party of five to dine with Senator Hiram Johnson yesterday in Jackson." "The Recorder force is grateful to John H. Burns, of the Maid Rite Flour Co. for a present of friedcakes made at the Company's West Center St. factory Thursday afternoon." March 13, 1924. City Hospital Notes. "William Glenn, 106 N. Pearl St., had his left leg amputated below the knee at the city hospital this morning. The leg had been troubling him for some time with a growth which had been removed, but failed to heal properly." March 17, 1924. Headline: "Did Bernard Julius Die Recently in California? Court Hearing at Oakland, CA Indicates That former Albion Clothier, Who Disappeared 20 Years Ago, Passed Away Recently." Later in the article: "Extravagant habits of his wife, Minnie, caused him to leave, according to the explanation arrived at here. His will leaves her $2,500. Mrs. Julius was known as a fashionable dresser and a lover of jewelry." March 22, 1924. "The Gale Manufacturing Company has recently presented two interesting relics to the State Museum in Lansing for exhibition and preservation in the shape of two plows with hand-carved black walnut beams and nickel-plated shares. They were made by the Gale company, formerly one of the best-known implement manufacturers in the word, for exhibition at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876." "The work on Albion College's new gymnasium will start this spring as soon as conditions will permit, was the welcome announcement made in Detroit yesterday by S. S. Kresge, member of the College board of trustees, who is donating all of the $175,000 necessary for the construction expense of the structure." March 24, 1924. "Emil O. Kostamo, about 27 years old, of Laurium, Michigan, was killed by a Michigan Central train at Bath Mills Sunday morning. It is thought that young Kostamo was riding on the freight train and that he fell from it and was ground under the wheels." "It is understood that a number of teachers in the Presbyterian Sunday school have resigned due to a difference of opinion between them and the superintendent regarding the matter of high school dancing by the young people of the school. The superintendent is said to have taken a decided stand against dancing while the six or eight teachers who differ with him are in favor of the supervised private dance." March 28, 1924. "Complaints have been made to the city that bodies of dead animals have been thrown into the city dump on E. Erie St. Such bodies should be buried in the ground, at least two feet below the surface."
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