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…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 24, 1920.) Ellston-March 22- The bonds for the new consolidated school building carried by a large majority. There were 215 votes cast of which there were 91 men votes for the proposition and 42 against and 65 women votes for  and 17 against, making…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 17, 1920.) Mount Ayr light plant destroyed by fire. Fire which started in coal bins at the local light plant of the Iowa Southern Utilities Company at 12 o’clock Wednesday completely destroyed the plant, including the engines, dynamoes, boilers, and other equipment and large…