At a regular meeting of Grand Ledge Lodge No. 179 of F. A. M., Dec. 15, 1877, the following named persons were elected officers for the ensuing year: Hugh Rossman, W. M., Marvin T. Streeter, S. W.; Isaac M. Brown, J. W., Samuel Chadwick, Sec’y; Francis M. Kent, Treas.; Albert Newkirk, S. D.; Henry M. O’Neil, J. D.; Henry Swegles, Tyler. Regular meeting of the Lodge on Saturday, on or before the full moon in each month.
-S. CHADWICK, Sec’y.
The Grand Ledge Independent was founded in 1871 and published through 2018. After more than a century of serving the community, the newspaper's closure marked the end of an era for local news coverage in Grand Ledge, Michigan.
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L. C Tubbs Dies Suddenly; Grand Rapids Woman Dies During Visit. Special to the State Journal, GRAND LEDGE, Dec. 31.—L. C. Tubbs, 65, manager of the local Standard Oil station for years, was found dead at his place of business Monday evening at 7 o’clock, death being due to apoplexy. He leaves hie wife, and…
Charlotte has purchssed over 128,000 bushels of wheat since tbe 1st of last July. Potatoes have been sold at Charlotte as low as 12 1/2c. Mrs. Joseph Muskgrave, of Cbarlutte, now visitlng at tbe residence of her daughter in Ohio, recently fell down stairs, breaking ber arm and otherwise injuring ber. Mr. Gillespie, of Charlotte,…
George W. Thomas, Who Died at Grand Ledge Last Night. George W. Thomas, one of the best known citizens of Grand Ledge, and a pioneer of Eagle township, died late last night, at the age of seventy-three years. Many years ago Mr. Thomas was a member of Lansing lodge No. 33, F. and A. M.,…
Rob’t Morris, L. L. D.. the veteran traveler and Masonic lecturer, addressed the Grand Ledge lodge last Saturday evening on “Freemasonry in the Holy Land.” Sunday Eve. he spoke at the Congregational church oo the evidences in the holy land of the truthfulness of the Bible. He was attentively listened to by a large audience,…
A woman disguised herself as a man and clerked in a store for a year and then applied for membership in the Knights of Pythias and was initiated. During the work of the third rank her sex was discovered. It seems that in the third rank they have an india-rubber rat and celluloid snake, which…
