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lak*tmt*1th,Ug100IIIIHUW VAIIJ V ClUcIJlswimming places.an-•ty Ian jdes ety j nu-rill IveOld Soldier for One Day Plays Truant Seeking Comrades►00tiehetaOn# of Alton's old soldiers, Oept. J. True Podge, who had been an invalid for nearly two year* nines he suffer ed some form of a stroke in his boms of ! played truant Saturday and instead :edj of doing what ho was expected to do, ay slipped away on an excursion trip to Jefferson Barracks, on th# steamer J* 8, It was the desire of th© old 1 soldier to see some of his friends in da j Ransom Post, G. A. It, of Hi. Houi* ill{ st Jefferson Hararcks, and though be did not get to *ea any of them, he had a very pleasant day. It was his first time for an outing since his ill* ness began. His old friend, young i| Joah W atkins, who i» only §1, escort* j ed Oapt Dodge, a hero of the battle of Hhilob and other battle* of the Civil War, to the wharf, where the | aged escort turned Capt Dodg# over ; to others on th© excursion boat and then Mr. Watkins went on to spends w J the day as h© might choose. He had ! j” i no taste f« r a river excursion Capt.j ft j Podge, howe\ ©r, is an old steamboat j n man, and nothing appeals to hW J m more than a trip on hi* old beloved a) Mississippi He got off the boat at! *1 a Jefferson Barracks, witnessed the t j ceremonies there at noon, when n) the ag was hauled to full mast, then h | he wal^l around seeking some ofIpf► n htlt;1aftVUPIfhelt;KtlmwelaiFn cmwlpi the old Ransom post members, but vitohe failed to meet any of them. He had a very pleasant day while he was playing truant, and seemed forth© time to experience no evil cons** \ ofqueaees from his unannounced outlog.fojtn;
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Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Mon, Jun 01, 1925
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