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 

Adolph Adler returned from a buying trip to New York. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

Martha Rebecca Hoggart died. • Mrs. Ann Flowerree Cloud left for a visit to Washington. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Mrs. Francis Leyens left to join her husband in Louisville, Kentucky. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Mrs. Eulalia Ryan died. • Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kette announced the birth of a son, William. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Landman Teller Jr. received a Phi Alpha Delta  award at Ole Miss. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

Sgt. Phil Solomon received the Jaycees’ Outstanding Young Law Enforcement Officer award.

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

Marie R. Ulery died. • Fred Brown, technical director of the Waterways Experiment Station, retired after 50 years on the job.  

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

Higher ticket prices and rainy weather combined for a disappointing turnout at RiverFest. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

Workers digging a trench on Claremont Circle discovered a live Civil War cannon shell. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

Longtime Vicksburg Police Department officer Clay Griffin was preparing for retirement after nearly 30 years on the job.