Birthday of Great Emancipator Fittingly Observed The Lincoln Day banquet given by the Masonic orders of the city at their lodge room last Thursday evening proved to be one of the most enjoyable affairs of the season. After the supper J. Mason Soper, chairman of the entertainment committee, stated that Masonic bodies never commenced business…
Summons Made Monday Evening Without Warning Grand Ledge and vicinity was shocked Monday evening when it was announced that L. C. Tubbs had passed away suddenly. He had failed to return to his home at the supper hour, which caused uneasiness in the household, and his daughter, Mrs. R.B. Little, and little daughter, went to…
Oneida township lost one of its oldest pioneers Monday, in the death of Jerry V. Jones, who succumbed to an attack of paralysis after a prolonged illness. He is survived by the wife, a daughter, Ethel B. of Grand Rapids, one son. Cap, .of Charlotte, and a sister, Mrs. Alice O’Neil of Oneida. Funeral services…
Pastor of Local Methodist Episcopal Church for Many Years Rev. Byron S. Pratt was born in Lanesborough, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, March 13, 1836, and died at his residence at Gougac Lake, near Battle Creek, June 17, 1910, aged 74 years. He was the youngest of a family of 11 children. When a child his parents…
WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED WITHIN THREE DAYS. All Had Done Their Share Toward Making This Country What It Is. This week it Is our duty to chronicle the deaths of three of the pioneers of this section, all of whom had done his and her share of the work incident to settling a new country. To…
