Miss Catherine Chase entertained her sister Vivian of Greenville over last week end. On Saturday evening in honor of the guest, Miss Chase entertained a party of twelve young ladles, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harrod at a Bridge party. First honors went to Miss Alice Becker and second to Miss Harriet Olcott Light rofreshments were served at the close of a very delightful evening.
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.
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….
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…
Died, at his residence in this village, on Saturday last, November 17th, 1877, at 1:00 PM, of cancer of the stomach, James W. McMillan, aged 57 years. Thus briefly we have stated the facts that caused a cloud of sadness and sorrow to invade this whole community last Saturday afternoon, as one person after another…
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…
Henry Morris and Wife Called From Their Beds to be Ruthlessly Shot.Some Very Peculiar Circumstances in Regard to the Transaction.ACCOUNTS FROM THREE DIFFERENT PLACES.Suicide of a Well-to-do and Well-Known Brewer.A COLLECTION OF OTHER ITEMS FROM JACKSONState News of Great Interest. Double Murder In Cass County –A Man and His Wife Shot Down In Their Own…
Being Made in Defense of Simeon Kent, Who Shot His Brother. The arguments in the case of the People against Simeon Kent, charged with assault with intent to kill his brother Seth, are being made in the Circuit Court at Mason this afternoon, and the case may go to the jury tonight. Great interest is…
