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Looking Back March 7

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One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 26, 1919.) All sheepmen in Ringgold County who are interested in organizing a county wool growers association are asked to meet at the court house in Mount Ayr on Thursday April 3 at 2 p.m. The primary object of such an association will be…

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February 28, 2019

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One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 19, 1919.) Now that the weather conditions are becoming more favorable and the roads are getting passable, people who have been doing their traveling by the slow methods employed in the day before automobiles became a necessity in order to keep pace with the…

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Looking Back

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One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 5, 1919.) Ringgold County losses in the war-KIA, Carl Herrington, Ray Clark and Frank Norris. Died in France-Louis Elick and John Andesrson. Died in camp, Peter Dewey, Ralph Dyer, Homer Greenrod, Earl Malaney, Victor Morris George Philippi, Clyde Woods and Alan McCreary. The general…

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