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Morning Star, January 31, 2025, pg. 5 We continue with our theme of "Albion, 100 Years Ago." February 2, 1925. "A fine idea as to how the caskets manufactured by the Cement Casket Company of this city are made may be obtained by a glance at the windows of the Chamber of Commerce offices, where the casket concern has an exhibit this week. Child's caskets are shown in various stages of construction and a beautiful specimen of the finished article is displayed." February 5, 1925. "Former Albion Merchant Dies in the West. Charles H. Knickerbocker, for Years in Business Here and Former City Treasurer, is Dead at his Home in Sheridan, Oregon. In 1892 he was city clerk of Albion and in 1894-5 he was treasurer. For a number of years, he was proprietor of a wall paper store on S. Superior St." "Word has been received by Albion friends of Tom Branoff, proprietor of the Star Bakery on Austin Ave., to the effect that he has safely reached his former hometown, Bitol Serbia, and that his family are all well. He will soon return to Albion, he stated." "February 6, 1925. Headline: "Schumacher Co. Will Build the Kresge Gym. Albion Firm is Awarded the Contract for General Construction Work." February 11, 1925. "Albion Dairies in Poor Shape, Inspector Says. Conditions at dairies supplying milk to this city and also at local milk plants, with a few exceptions, are far from being what they should be, and Albion should have a more comprehensive milk ordinance, with a specially hired inspector to enforce it, According to Floyd Bueschlen of Jackson, inspector for the Bureau of Dairying of the State Department of Agriculture." "Milk bottle thieves are said to have been operating in the northwest section of the city. Several customers of one local concern had sums of money taken from bottles left on their porches for the milkman." February 12, 1925. "Dr. Washington Gardner, Michigan Ave., returned to Washington, D.C. today to resume his duties as U.S. commissioner of pensions, after having spent several weeks here, recuperating from an auto accident in Washington in which he fractured several ribs." February 18, 1925. "The formal opening of the Evening Recorder's new home on W. Center St. will be held Saturday from 3:30 in the afternoon to 8:00 in the evening." February 20, 1925. "The Ku Klux Klan held a dinner and meeting at Hodges' Hall, over the Dibble & Sebastian clothing store, Thursday evening, over 100 people from Albion and several surrounding towns being present." February 23, 1925. "The new home of the Albion Evening Recorder on W. Center St. was thrown open for formal inspection, The plant was visited by thousands." February 24, 1925. "The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Langworthy 700 E. Michigan Ave., was ransacked by burglars some time Monday night, it was stated this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff G. U. McCarty. The amount of loot obtained will not be known until Mr. Langworthy, who is a member of the faculty of the Detroit City College, comes here. The family spends only the summer months at the Albion residence." February 25, 1925. Claude Bacon, local restaurant proprietor, was arrested this morning by Chief of Police Clyde Stoddard on a charge of selling milk containing less than the lawful amount of butter fat. Mr. Bacon pled guilty when arraigned and paid a fine of $5 and costs." February 26, 1925. "The Albion Flour Mills, E. Cass St., has just delivered an order for 10,000 pounds of their pure whole wheat flour to the Battle Creek Sanitarium Food Company, this being their third order." February 27, 1925. "A new ambulance has been put into commission by the C. E. Marsh Company. It is a standard Buick 7-passenger sedan, especially made for ambulance purposes." "Frank Granger, 66 years old, a well-known businessman of Morenci and a former Albion resident, died at Morenci Wednesday. Mr. Granger lived in Albion for a number of years and worked here as a blacksmith, learning the trade in the blacksmith shop formerly located on the present site of the city library on S. Superior St."
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