WHEREAS, Our worthy brother—-Dr. S. S. Messenger, has been removed from our midst by death;
Therefore be it Resolved, That we deeply deplore his loss, and hereby extend our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family, and that the lodge be requested to be properly draped in mourning the usual length of time, and a copy of these resolutions be printed in the Grand Ledge papers and forwarded to the family of our deceased brother.
Q. W. THOMAS,
CASSIUS ALEXANDER,
D. D. F. BROWN.
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.
of the Demolay last Wednesday Evening Marvin Dale and Louis Friedman Assisted Lansing Council of Demolay for Boys by invitation from Grand Ledge Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, held a special meeting at the Grand Ledge Masonic lodge rooms, Wednesday evening and exemplified them degrees upon four of their candidates. About a hundred Master Masons were…
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…
Verdict of the Circuit Court Jury Today.THE WHEATFIELD FRATRICIDEWill Probably Be Sent to the Asylum for Dangerous Insane—The McKenzie Case. MASON, January 15. — The jury in the case of Simeon Kent, the Wheatfield farmer who fired a double charge of bird shot into his brother, Seth Kent, last fall, were out all night. Upon coming…
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…
SAD RESULTS OF A QUARREL AT WILLIAMSTON Williamston, Mich., Sept. 30 – Simon and Seth Kent, brothers, who have farms south of the village, went to Mason yesterday, and while there quarreled over some business. After returning home the quarreling was renewed. Simon became enraged and seized a double-barreled gun and fired both barrels at…
