Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1899 — A Joint Birthday Celebration. [ARTICLE]

A Joint Birthday Celebration.

John W. Mannan and wife came down from Dunnville, Monday and in the evening he and his old army chum, T. F. Clark, celebrated their joint birthday, which occasion has now veiy properly, become a fixed annual festival with them. It comes on the 24th of July as regularly as the year rolls around, and that is mighty regular indeed. Though they have the same birthday it does not follow that they are the Same age. In fact Mr. Mannan got two years the start of Mr. Clark at the very beginning of the race and he kept just about that much in the lead ever since. He is now 57 and Comrade Clark is 55. They were comrades in the 33rd Indiana regiment. They had an ice cream supper, Monday night, and 18 or 20 old army men were present by invitation.