Looking Back By Lora Stull

One Hundred  Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, December 24, 1924.) Near Gravity, Taylor county, J.S. Francis says that in sinking a shaft for coal a piece of wood was discovered at a depth of 65 feet. The piece of timber was embedded in blue clay. It was a small log about 6 feet…

One Hundred Thirty-Two Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, December 15, 1892.) Long years ago, there was strong opposition to second presidential candidates. Occasionally this opposition assumed the shape of an anti-second term plank, in a political platform, but usually by some third party, or faction. In those days the reasons for it were…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, December 17, 1924.) Carl Hough of Bedford gets life sentence for the murder of Lillian McKenney. Time will be served at Fort Madison prison. A cut of $25 in the price of the Fordor sedan, one of the most popular of the Ford enclosed cars was announced…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, December 3, 2024.) The trial of Carl Hough, charged with murder of Miss Lillian McKinney whose dead body was found under a bridge west of Bedford in August, is still in progress in the district court of Taylor county and will probably continue until the later part…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, November 26, 1924.) While enroute from Blanchard Friday evening Lyndel Thompson struck a wolf in the road a short distance this side of Taylor-Ringgold county line on primary road #3. Blinded by the headlights of the car, the animal ran directly in front of the machine, was…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, November 19, 1924.) Will improve mail service~In response to petitions numerously signed by patrons of the Mount Ayr, Benton, and Diagonal post offices, an inspector visited the three offices about 10 days ago and Sunday there was received at the Mount Ayr and also at the Diagonal…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, November 12, 1924.) At special election held Monday in Diagonal to vote on the proposition of issuing bonds in the sum of $34,000 to provide a water works system, 287 votes were cast. 186 for the proposition and 101 against. Sunday after church William Eckerman started…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, November 5, 1924.) A veritable Republican landslide at yesterday’s election was indicated by early returns received by wireless during the night and confirmed by messages received today. Messages received in the early hours of the morning brought the information that New York newspapers were predicting Coolidge…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, October 29, 1924.) Sheriff Marion Stephens went Saturday morning to Omaha, NE, to get Cleo McMichaels of Havelock, NE and Howard Baker of Grant City, MO, who were wanted on the charge of having stolen a radiator and tools from Hugh Hartley’s garage a week ago…

One Hundred Thirty-Six Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Ringgold Record ,Thursday,  October 15, 1888.) Wanted to trade a new $50 sewing machine for a cow. Come at once, as we will give some man a big bargain. George Swain’s house near Tingley burned down last Saturday night. It caught from a falling can of…