Iowa
Old Press
Webster City Tribune
Webster City, Hamilton co. Iowa
October 12, 1917
p. 1, Col. 6
Encampment of Survivors of Siege of Vicksburg to Be Held
Next Week
Geo. S. Jacks, Ion Lee and John Berogan leave next Sunday
afternoon for Vicksburg, Miss., to attend the encampment of the
survivors of the famous siege of Vicksburg during the civil war.
All the survivors, both the blue and the gray, are invited by the
government to attend this reunion. Uncle Sam will pay the expense
while the boys are there—furnish touts, food, etc., and each
state will pay the transportation charges of its soldiers to and
from the encampment. The encampment lasts four days, from the
16th to the 19th of the present month.
The soldiers from here expect to meet many of their old comrades
from their own regiments at this gathering. It may be that others
of our "old boys" will attend the encampment, but the
three above mentioned are the only ones so far reported. The
route for the Iowa soldiers is over the Illinois Central.
Moving Here From- Eagle Grove.
John P. German has rented the residence property at 730 Walnut
street, owned by Mrs. Mary McConnell, and will move his family
here from Eagle Grove Nov. 1, Mr. German, who is a piano tuner,
has had headquarters at the Ruegnitz drug store for several
years." He has now assumed charge of the piano department in
this store and will be here all, instead of part of the time, as
heretofore.
[transcribed by J.M., April 2010]