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.
An Okemos Woman May Wring His NeckIf She Keeps Her Word Good-Story of an Elopement Which Took Place Today. While Chief of Police Sanford was at dinner today his meal was interrupted by three women from Okemos, one of whom unfolded the tale of the elope- ment of her daughter from that vil- lage this…
LIVED IN GRAND LEDGELONGEST OF ANY CITIZEN Held Offices of Trust and Highly EsteemedFuneral Was Held Thursday Afternoon As the shades were raised to greet the new day Tuesday morning the announcement was made that Valorus M. Kent, well known and highly es teemed citizen, had during the night answered the Master’s call and as…
J. Frost expected in town soon. Mr. Aaron J. Reed this week adorned our table with a beautiful bouquet. Isaac Stettse, a prominent man in business circles at Charlotte, died last Monday. The Lansing reform club goes to Portland next week on an excursion. A young man living in Windsor township, named French, was arrested…
Our Streets were full of teams during the entire day, last Saturday, and our Business Men were all smiles. They have a good reason to look cheerful at the sight of customers, as during the past, the roads have been so rough that no one came to town excepting when necessity compelled them to. —All…
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…
WAS RETURNING HOME FROM HIS WORK When He Was Hit By A Passing Automobile A very sad accident occurred Wednesday evening which snuffed out the life of a Grand Ledge youth Sherman L. Tidd and son Sherman V. aged seventeen years were returning from work In Lansing. They had ridden with fellow workmen as far…
