One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, June 2, 1920.) Friday, June 4 is Clean Up Day-If every vestige  of dirt is not removed from the good town of Mount Ayr Friday of this week, it won’t be on account of lack of enthusiasm on the part of members of the Village…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, May 26, 1920.) Mrs. H.C. Boyles fatally injured…jumps from buggy when team of horses become frightened and sustains injuries from which death results. Mrs. Boyles, of Rice Township, accompanied by two of her daughters and Miss Fay Davis, was driving a team from the…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record News,Thursday, May 19, 1920.) Saturday was an ideal day for the first annual track and field meet of Ringgold County high school held in this city. Eight schools of the county had entered men for the events but Benton and Maloy didn’t show up. Special features…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, May 12, 1920.) The first Ringgold County track and field meet will be held in Mount Ayr Saturday of this week, May 15 at 2 p.m. Eight schools have entered teams: Benton, Diagonal, Delphos, Kellerton, Maloy, Mount Ayr, Ellston and Redding. The county basketball…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, May 5, 1920.) Ringgold County’s gift to France. It required only a few minutes to raise Ringgold County’s quota of the $250,000 which will be used to erect a statue on the river Marne to commemorate the valor of the American soldiers who helped…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, April 28, 1920.) Two young men were arrested Friday evening after they had entered the “Palace of Sweets” on the north side of the square and were in the act of replenishing their supply of candy, tobacco and cigars. For several weeks Mr. Collins…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, April 21, 1920.) Jobes brothers of Haywarden, IA purchased last week from C.G. Cooper the Princess Theatre, possession being given Friday. Mr. Cooper has been proprietor of the show house for several months and under his management the business has prospered and high class…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, March 31, 1920.) Whiskey sent to state institutions. The four hundred and eighteen pint bottles and sixteen quart bottles  of whiskey seized by Sheriff E. L. Nicholas when he captured a Cadillac automobile last summer and which has since occupied a cell in the…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, April 7, 1920.) For the first time in many years Ringgold County was visited by a windstorm of cyclonic nature last Wednesday evening. The storm came from the northwest and the first evidence of damage in Ringgold County was found about 4 miles west…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, March 31, 1920.) W. Moore, of this city, received a letter last week bearing the Madrid, Spain post mark. The letter imparts the information that the writer is in prison in Spain and aid is solicited in securing release that he may raise the…