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: 1924

750 bales of cotton are damaged by a fire at Hill City Compress.

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

William Laughlin announces for the legislature.

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

The Kiwanis Club plans an outing at the Redwood School. •  Maj. Gen. Reybold, chief of Army Engineers, addresses the membership dinner of the Vicksburg Chamber of Commerce.

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Little of Bovina announce the birth of a son, Cecil Allen, on Oct. 1. •  Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Emmich are visiting relatives in Pittsburg, Pa.

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Mrs. J.R. Wade, Sr. dies. • Services are held for Percy M. Wallace.

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

Capt. and Mrs. George Booth Jr., who are stationed in Germany, are visiting the Will Booth family.

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

Ice Allen Brent celebrates his fourth birthday.

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

Development of the Gold River Casino will remain “on hold” during the next 30 to 60 days while planners try to work out a way to finance the project.

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

About 150 people gathered at the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation for the celebration of the restoration of the 169-year-old Cobb House on Crawford St.

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

Like a scene from a World War II movie, the skies over Vicksburg-Tallulah Regional Airport were filled with planes of all types as the Southern Heritage Air Foundation’s “Best Little Air Show in the World” swooped into town.