Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1915 — Lean streaked mild sugar cured bacon, 20c pound. HOME GROCERY. [ARTICLE]

Lean streaked mild sugar cured bacon, 20c pound. HOME GROCERY.

At one table Colonel Hammond and wife and daughter and Dr. Triplett were seated with Mayor Spitler and wife and Mrs. M. E. Spitler. The other table was occupied by the old soldiers, the members of the band and several ladies and a few Sons of Veterans. It was a splendid spread, fried chicken, ham, veal loaf, beans, salads, fruits, pies, cake and other things. After the dinner the band played several selections and then John E. Alter, of Union township, who had a fine display of relics on exhibition, gave one of his able speeches, reading a part of a speech made by Colonel Hammond in 1869, the occasion of the first reunion of the 87th following the close of the war. The reunion proved a splendid success and not only the old soldiers but the women and the children who heard the speeches enjoyed it to the utmost.