Looking Back By Lora Stull

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, October 17, 1923.) The football game Friday evening between Corning and Mount Ayr was contested in a sea of mud. Both teams had pep throughout the game and were always on their toes. The teams were equally matched except that Corning had us out classed punting.…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, October 10, 1923.) Frank Lundin, the young Swede from New London, Henry county who last year won the championship in pitching horseshoes and is state champion this year, visited Frank Jackson of Kellerton who previously held both state and national records. The two men gave an…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, October 3, 1923.) Billie Clark, whose father was the former blacksmith for Ellston, was bitten by a rattlesnake while with his father making fence. He was hastened to Dr. Hill, who applied remedies and hastened with him to the hospital in Creston, where he is being…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, September 19, 1923.) Mention was made in the Ringgold Record last week that W.P. Turner of Lotts Creek township topped the Chicago market a week ago Monday with his shipment of Hereford and Angus cattle. There were 49 nice head of market toppers in the lot, instead…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, September 12, 1923.) Manager John Gray, of the Mount Ayr baseball team, closed a contract last week for a game with the Brown’s Tennessee Rats to be played on the local diamond Friday of this week, September 14. The game will be called at 3:30 p.m.…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Record-News,Thursday, August 29, 1923.) The trial of Fred Stacy, one of the men captured after an exciting chase following the blowing of the vault of the Redding Bank two weeks ago when currency, Liberty Bonds and securities aggregating about $5,000 were stolen, resulted in conviction. The jury returned…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, August 22, 1923.) Five indicted for robbery-Trial of Fred Stacy will begin in district court Friday morning. Stacy is one of the two men taken in charge by the officer a week ago Monday evening after an exciting chase after the five yeggs who burglarized the…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, August 15, 1923.) The town of Redding was a scene of terror between the hours of 12 o’clock midnight Saturday night and 3 o’clock Sunday morning, while a gang of 5 bandits was engaged in looting the Redding bank. The bandits succeeded in their attempt to…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, August 8, 1923.) Mount Ayr will pay tribute to President Warren G. Harding, who passed away August 2, at a memorial service to be held Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Methodist Church. Calvin Coolidge takes oath of office, today August 8 at 2:47 a.m.…