Old Post Files is a regular feature within the pages of The Vicksburg Post’s print edition and digital e-edition. This feature looks back at some of the happenings from the pages of The Vicksburg Post over the past 100 years. Enjoy.

100 YEARS AGO: 1925

Daniel Reed of New York was a guest of professor J.H. Culkin. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

Mrs. E.M. Joel was ill at her home on Belmont Street.

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Mrs. Edgar Salassi had emergency surgery at Mercy Hospital. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Mrs. Gertrude Moore died.

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Vicksburg teens collected nearly $1,200 for the March of Dimes at the annual bread sale.

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

John Lindsey Torrey II was installed as a worshipful master of Washington Lodge No. 3.

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

Services were held for Robert H. Bonelli. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

New Vicksburg police officers Joseph Shows, Chris Donohue, Johnny Turner and Jackie Johnson were sworn in by Mayor Joe Loviza. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

A $500 reward was offered for information in two arson fires at Vicksburg Housing Authority. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

The Warren County Grand Jury handed out 16 indictments, including two for a Vicksburg man and 15-year-old who stood accused of stealing cash and cigarettes from a woman on Washington Street.