Looking Back By Lora Stull

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, July 15, 1925.) Frank Jackson of Kellerton, ex-national horseshoe pitching champion and Cecil Freel of Murray, are touring the eastern states pitching exhibition games this summer. Mrs. Bessie C. Evans of Afton was killed and H.M. Polen of Diagonal, was injured Saturday afternoon when the automobile in…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, July 8, 1925.) Probably never before in the history of Ringgold county was the Fourth of July celebrated with a more appropriate program than on last Saturday when the people of the county and adjacent territory met at Mount Ayr to enjoy the celebration sponsored by the…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, June 26, 1925.) Two of the happiest boys in Mount Ayr are John Freeland and John Williams, who received by express last week three prairie dogs from Imperial, NE. The dogs were sent by John Freeland’s aunt Miss Hattie Kimberling. As a matter of record that…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, June 17, 1925.) Notice to Vigilantes: All members of the Ringgold Vigilance Committee are urgently requested to attend the Bankers and Vigilance committee picnic at the Howard Lesan farm four miles east of Mount Ayr on primary #3, Wednesday afternoon, June 24. Matters of special importance…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, June 10, 1925.) Ernest Andrew Barlow, son of Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Barlow of Diagonal, will graduate June 12 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. Ernest is a member of a class which at the beginning of the first, or plebe year,…

One Hundred  Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, June 3, 1925.) Sam Goodwin, 54 years of age, was killed by lightening on his farm 2 miles east of Denver, MO, during the electric storm Monday afternoon. Mr. Goodwin had gone to the pasture to look after a pair of newly born twin mules and…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, May 27, 1925.)Three thrilling aerial events have been booked as special attractions for next Wednesday’s Bargain Day in Mount Ayr. Contract has been made with Ray Shifflet, world’s champion stunt pilot, and Curly Smith, world’s campion parachute jumper, to present their spectacular flying circus. There will…

(From the Ringgold Record, Thursday,  May 13, 1875.) We have been having some pretty warm weather of late, the mercury reaching 100 degrees on last Friday afternoon. Corn planting will soon be in order. Mr. Joseph Robinson sold twenty-five head of hogs on last Thursday which were about 10 months old and averaged 240 pounds.…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, May 13, 1925.) The Maloy baseball team organized and bought each a new suit and played their first game Sunday at Bedford. The lineup is as follows: battery, Swede Bailey and Jason Worthington; first base, Limus Bailey; second base, Cecil Clarey’ short stop, “Peanut” Cowell; third…