One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 30, 1924.) Grant City Bank closes. By order of its directors the Farmers Trust Co. of Grant City closed its doors yesterday morning and wired the state finance department to take charge of the affairs of the institution. The last report of the trust company, made…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, April 23, 1924.) A case of malicious mischief which for downright cussedness is in a class by itself caused considerable excitement in the Hatfield, MO community Sunday. When Rev. F.E. Plum, pastor of the United Brethren church at Hatfield, went to the barn Sunday morning…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, April 16, 1924.) The wholesale egg dealers of Iowa in their meeting held at Des Moines March 20, 1924 unanimously adopted a resolution to commence on April 1, 1924, to buy eggs on a two-grade basis. The clean eggs of fair size to go as…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, April 9, 1924.) By unanimous vote the board of supervisors yesterday decided to submit at a special election to be held Monday, June 2, on the date of the primary election, the proposition of issuing bonds in the sum of $150,000 to build a new…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 2, 1924.) This is sure a backward spring. From the looks of the weather and as wet as the ground is, there will not be many oats sown this week and it is the last week of March. The proposition of issuing bonds in the sum…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 26, 1924) The grand jury, which was in session three days the first week of the term, was recalled by County Attorney Hayes last Wednesday morning and a bill was returned that evening charging four local men with the crime of gambling. Pleas of guilty…

One Hundred Thirty-Two Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 3, 1892.) The Russian thistle, a most pernicious foreign weed, is spreading rapidly in western Minnesota and the Dakotas, and is causing the farmers great uneasiness. It bears enormous quantities of seed and propagates itself with great rapidity. Local Items~ The speediest way to…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 12, 1924.) Breezy Briefs of Tingley: There were twenty scholars out of high school on account of the measles last week and the grades were depleted in proportion. Merritt News: Mr. and Mrs. Rex Sickels and daughter Dorothy Rexine spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.…

One Hundred  Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 5, 1924.) Tingley is  having quite a surplus of measles in town. On account of bad roads Rev. Gray walked to Fry Chapel Sunday to fill his appointment. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wehrle and children spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rex…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, February 27, 1924.) Chicken thieves caught~Clarence Brace, aged 31, and Glen Butterfield, aged 22, were caught in the act of stealing chickens at the John Clough farm in Monroe township last Wednesday afternoon around 3 o’clock. The officers were notified and the men were arrested and…