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We continue with our theme of “Albion, 100 Years Ago.” October 16, 1922: “Thomas Bruzell, a Lithuanian laborer living at 712 N. Albion St., was badly beaten up, robbed of what money he had, amounting to $20.75, and left at the northern end of Albion St. apparently dead, Sunday night about 8 o’clock. The Chief of Police Clyde Stoddard and deputy Sheriff G. U. McCarty this morning arrested three men, who were identified by Bruzell as his assaulters. The three arrested are Sam Kazulka, Mike Kuble, and Socara Morsee. Kuzulka is said to have recently completed serving 90 days in the Detroit house of correction for violating the liquor laws, being sent up from this city. Morsee, who is a rather elderly man, had a knife belonging to Bruzell in his possession when the officers searched him at the city jail. He also had blood on his trousers. Kuzulka and Morsee were found this morning by the officers at the former’s place of residence, House No. 16 in the Malleable Iron Company’s addition.”

October 16, 1922: “Fire Chief Fred Griswold has warned local autoists a number of times about following behind the city fire trucks while the latter are enroute to a fire and he has asked the Recorder to again request them not to follow this practice.”

“H.D. Keller, formerly of Homer, was killed in an automobile accident at Oldsmar, Florida at 9:30 am Friday, according to a telegram received by a son, Frank Keller of Homer. Mr. Keller went south two weeks ago on business. He formerly was plant manager of the Homer Furnace Company.”

“There will be a meeting of the Albion Radio club at the night school tomorrow night at 7:30. Anyone interested in radio is invited. There will be a talk on the history of radio.”

October 17, 1922: “Albion to Get a New Directory. O. L. Blodgett of the firm of Blodgett & Company of Lansing was in the city today, making preliminary arrangements for putting out a directory which shall not only include the entire city of Albion and eight routes which run from the local pos office, but also the whole of the county with the exception of Battle Creek.”

October 18, 1922: “H. S. Herriff will open his new grocery, ‘Park Street Cash Grocery’ on the corner of Cass and Park Sts. Saturday morning. The building, the former Clark place, has been remodeled. The new store is across from the east end of the Albion College campus.”

October 20, 1922: “Fidelity Store No. 921, Albion’s newest mercantile establishment, will open its doors to the public tomorrow morning at 119 N. Superior St.”

October 27, 1922: “H. J. Kamp is moving his cigar factory from the Dean building which will be occupied by the Woolworth store, to the second floor of the building in which the office of the Albion Gas Light Company is located, on S. Superior St.”

October 30, 1922: “Fred Odon, 18, colored chauffeur employed by George E. Dean of this city, was shot Sunday afternoon about 5:30 by another colored man, Harvey Clark, 23, living on Gadsen Ct, it is alleged following an altercation on the latter street in which Clark is alleged to have slapped Odon’s face.”

October 31, 1922: “Workmen started work today in clearing off the former N.Y. Central depot grounds on N. Superior St., just north of the post office, to transform it into a park. The cement curbing that ran along the south side of the former driveway leading to the old depot is being taken out and the ground will be leveled off and seeded to make a lawn.”