Looking Back By Lora Stull

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, December 16, 1925.) A plan to get Iowa out of the mud was announced by Gov. Hamill and the Hwy Commission a few days ago that has an immediate meaning to Ringgold County. Mr. Fred R. White, State Engineer, told me in Des Moines at the…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, December 3, 1925.) To the courage and presence of mind of D.V. Ferris, cashier of the First National Bank of Diagonal, is given credit for the thwarting of an attempt to rob that institution just before noon yesterday. Mr. Ferris was getting ready to leave the…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, November 25, 1925.) The Beaconsfield high school basketball team won another victory Friday night when it defeated the Grand River team 19-30 on the Beaconsfield court. This was the first time in the history of basketball that the Beaconsfield high school team has ever defeated the…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, November 18, 1925.) The eighth grade had a debate Friday on the question “Resolved, that immigration should be further restricted.” The affirmative were Lula Ellison, Edna Ellison, Vincent Dukes, Florence Jackson, Leland Jackson, and Lela Jessup. The negative, Russell Florea, Alfred Peterson, Robert Woollums, Vaugh Stuart…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, November 11, 1925.) Costin & Dow, who own a general merchandise store at Worth, MO, have decided to locate in Mount Ayr and last week rented the Timby Building east of the Odd Fellows Hall. They are receiving this week their stocks of ladies’ ready-to-wear, dry…

By Lora Stull One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, October 28, 1925.) The proposition of issuing bonds in the sum of $150,000 for the purpose of building a court house for Ringgold County will be submitted at a special election to be held Tuesday, December 1. The weather department seems to have…

By Lora Stull One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, October 21, 1925.) Two buildings in Benton were destroyed by fire of unknown origin Monday night. The fire was first discovered in the building occupied by Glen Hall’s restaurant and had gained such headway that the flames could not be checked until…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, October 14, 1925.) The maturing of another large crop of corn in Iowa makes interesting an observation made by the state department of agriculture which states that the Iowa corn crop represents 14 % of the total corn produced in the U.S. and is almost…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, October 7, 1925.) Sheriff Marion Stephens received a telephone call from Diagonal Sunday morning advising him that an Italian of questionable appearence had been hanging around the C.G. W. Depot and who when questioned by Station Agent Hurd assumed a menancing attitude and finally displayed a…

by Lora Stull One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, September 30, 1925.) Expressive of a change in sentiment in the Diagonal community was the petitioin brought from that community last week and bearing signatures of prominent and progressive citizens who realize the importance of building a court house and asking the board…