Looking Back By Lora Stull

 One Hundred Thirty-Five Years Ago (From the Ringgold Record, February 27, 1890.) Latest News~The sixteen women on trial for destroying a saloon at Spickardsville, MO., were found guilty on 22nd and fined $5.00 each. Miss Regina Rothschild, of Port Townsend, WA, will start on March 17 to race around the world against George Francic Train, in an…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, February 25, 1925.) After being appealed to by car owners for food, clothing, and fuel to last them during the winter, the board of supervisors of Fayette county drafted and published the following resolution, “If such persons are too poor to buy food or clothing, but…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, February 18, 1925.) Country School News~District #2, Grant township, Lela Vaughn teacher. Our school has a new stove which adds greatly to the appearance of the room. We had four visitors this month. They were Ruth Bailey, Harriett Bailey, Lois Whitmore and J.B Routh. With an…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, February 11, 1925.) Mrs. Noah Saltzman enjoyed a visit last week with her brother, John McCord of Alaska, who stopped in Mount Ayr enroute home from a visit in the east. For many years Mr. McCord, who is a civil engineer, has been employed in Alaska.…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, February 4, 2025.) Dr. F.H. Landes of Benton purchased Monday the office building on the west side of the square belonging to Dr. William Horne Estate and expects to move to Mount Ayr as soon as possible. Gas was 18 1/2 cents a gallon in Tingley…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 28, 1925.) Kellerton is to again have a moving picture show. Mr. Kremer, manager of the picture theater at Mount Ayr, has men busy preparing the south half of the building owned by the Slentz Estate, formerly occupied by Frisby & Co., expects to have the…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 21, 1925.) The train service on the Great Western railroad has been considerably improved, effective January 18 by the addition of train #5 which arrives in Diagonal at 1:49 p.m. leaving Des Moines at 11:25 a.m. This train is a mail train and brings the…

One Hundred Twenty-Nine  Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 16, 1896.) National News~For many years the people of this country have been startled at intervals with rumors of war in Europe which the ever-alert correspondents have said was an event of the near future. The years have come and gone and yet no…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 7, 1925.) Peter Westevelt, an aged man living with his sister in the Grand River neighborhood, was robbed recently of a sum of money and a quantity of Liberty Bonds. Mr. Westevelt was in the habit, it was said, of keeping considerable money around the…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, December 31, 2024). Only three changes in the personnel of officers at Ringgold County will be made at the beginning of the new year. County Auditor E.E. Cornwall will be succeeded by Clarence Palmer, County Treasurer, Earle K. Allyn will be succeeded by Milly Lucy Kidney…