One Hundred Thirty Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 20, 1893.) Seth Imus has bought out B.F. Day’s interest in the grocery firm formerly known as Day & Riggs. The firm name is now Riggs & Imus. The most terrific and destructive cyclone that ever visited this section swept over northwest Missouri and…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 18, 2023.) The theft of a pocketbook from the home of Clyde Stephens of Poe township was reported to the officers Monday morning and bloodhounds were brought from Creston. The stolen property was located and restored to the owner but no arrests have been made.…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 11, 1923.) One of the outstanding industries in Iowa is that of the manufacture of cement. The demand for this material as a substitute for lumber, brick and steel in buildings and the large use for paving and road building has placed a heavy tax…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 4, 1923.) Fortieth Session General Assembly: There is considerable friction in state game and fish circles over what is claimed to be inequality in the present game law. It exacts a license from hunters but none from those who fish but money obtained from the…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 28, 1923.) J.L. Sheelsey suffered a severe injury to his hand Saturday when cranking his car. His hand struck the number plate which cut through 2 of his fingers and it was necessary to take several stitches to close the wound. The restaurant of Baker…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 21, 1923.) Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the Union Savings Bank building in Redding Sunday morning. The fire, which started in the bank, was discovered about 9 o’clock and had gained such headway that efforts to subdue the flames were futile. The building and…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 14, 1923.) Roe Lesan, son of A.L. Lesan of this city, witnessed the Earl Thorst hanging March 9 at the state penitentiary and reported the hanging to the Waukon Republican & Standard of which he is foreman. An extra issue of the paper, giving the…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 7, 1923.) Locomotive engineers are very much in earnest in an effort to get a bill through the legislature that will compel automobile drivers to slow down when approaching a railway crossing. They claim that watching for speeders at railway crossings is most nerve racking…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, February 28, 1923.) Fortieth Session General Assembly- The house committee on the suppression of intemperance, of which introduced, a bill that has the endorsement of the senate committee on the suppression of intemperance of which McIntosh, of Decatur, is chairman. It takes into account a great…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, February 21, 1923.) The Des Moines Bible Association will present a bill to the legislature in the very near future which will have for its object the prohibition of the teaching of any theory that questions the authenticity of the Bible. The burning out of a…