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Morning Star, May 2, 2025, pg. 5 May 4, 1925: "About 100 members of the Improved Order of Red Men snake-danced the length of Superior St. Saturday night in Indian costume, and gave a brief drill exhibition at the corner of Superior and Erie Sts. There was a district meeting of the Order during the evening in this city, attended by Red Men from a number of cities in this part of the state." May 9, 1925: "Floyd Hubbard, 14-year-old son of Bert Hubbard, has probably learned a lesson concerning the careless handling of rifle ammunition through an accident occurring Thursday. He tried to chop the lead off a 22-caliber cartridge, it is said, and the thing exploded, causing the bullet to pass through one finger." "Word has been received of the death of the first editor of the Concord News, Frank A. Crittenden, which occurred at his home in Seattle, WA April 12. Mr. Crittenden was at one time a school teacher in Concord and later was employed by Wetmore & Paddock." "Mrs. Curtis Yarger, who lives near Marengo, was seriously injured Friday at the plant of the Gale Manufacturing Company. A big pile of plates from core racks fell over and she was caught beneath them, receiving injuries in her abdomen and painful bruises on her hips and legs. She was unconscious when extricated from underneath the pile of plates and was taken to her home after a physician had treated her." November 11, 1925: "Samuel Dickie II, 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Brockway Dickie, Allen Place, showed exceptional presence of mind Saturday when he was largely responsible for saving his playmate, 5-year-old John Baldwin from drowning. The two were playing on the north bank of the mill-race near the canoe dock of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house, when John fell in, being up to his neck in the cold water. Sammy grabbed him and held him with one hand, clinging to the dock with the other. While he cried out for help, one of the fraternity boys who was playing tennis nearby, effected John's rescue. But for younger Dickie's quick action, the younger boy undoubtedly would have been swept into the deep water." "Deputy Sheriff George U. McCarty returned Sunday from Xenia, Ohio where he went Saturday to get Mat Ewing, colored, wanted here for wife desertion." May 14, 1925. "James Sheldon Riley of Los Angeles, through his Albion agent, James A. Richards, has purchased the Clift Block on S. Superior St. which now houses the Harvey Restaurant and Condon Millinery store, with offices above. This gives Mr. Riley the ownership of the entire stretch of business frontage from Erie St. to the alley south of the Brown grocery." May 18, 1925. Headline: "Baptists Raise $29,000 Toward Building Fund." May 19, 1925. "Colored Man Drops Dead at Malleable. Thomas Reese, a colored man, aged about 55 years living at 204 W. Vine St., dropped dead at the Malleable Iron Company's foundry this morning, about 11 o'clock, a physician pronouncing his death due to heart trouble. Reese, who was employed at the foundry, complained to fellow workmen of not feeling well and sat down to rest. Shortly afterward he toppled over and died before assistance could be summoned. Reese was unmarried and had lived in Albion six or seven years. He had relatives in the South but had not heard from them in many years." May 29, 1925. "When the men who wore the soldier blue bask in the days of the Civil War march down the aisle of the Methodist Church Saturday morning, their line will be the smallest since the establishment of the G.A.R. Post here, only 17 remaining to answer to roll call. These are: Henry C. Conant, Williard Durkee, Dr. Washington Gardner, Hiram Herrick, Andrew Young, Everett G. Knapp, John Kikendall, Jacob H. Perine, William Muffley, Reuben Page, Rev. Isaac Riddick, Isaac Sibley, Berger Vanderwater, Benjamin Wheat, Charles Williams, and John Kelley. Though their steps may falter, their loyalty to their country's colors remains and they will bear our flag as bravely on this day as they did more than a half century ago. All hail to the small but gallant band!" May 30, 1925. Headline: "Subscriptions of $65,000 for New Hotel Announced. Dr. Washington Gardner is Guest of Honor and Gives Short Address. Subscriptions to Albion's new hotel, totaling $65,000 were announced at last night's big mass meeting at the high school auditorium."
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