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…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 10, 1920.) Parent-Teachers Association formed. A fine audience of fathers, mothers, teachers and children were present at the first Parent-Teachers meeting held Tuesday evening in the high school auditorium. The teachers were in the rooms from 7-8 o’clock receiving the parents. Shortly after 8,…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 3, 1920.) By a vote of 75-49 it has been decreed that Lakota is to be the permanent name of what formerly was Germania in Kossuth County. The name of the place was changed during the war and after a year’s delay the post office…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record News,Thursday, February 25, 1920.) Herbert Hoover, presidential possibility, has been invited to deliver an address before the Iowa Business Congress, April 14-16. He will discuss our economic future. The closing out sale of the grocery and drygoods stock of the Montgomery Store in Ellston was announced…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, February 18, 1920.) For the first time since 1880, February this year will have five Sundays and this will not happen again until 1948. Professor D.W. Morehouse of Drake University says that a similar incident will happen in 1976. A lot of us will not…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, January 16, 1920.) News of the county southeast Athens: Lots of sickness this week, bad colds, chicken pox, mumps and influenza. Prevalence of the flu has caused to be requisitioned about all the available space on the side track this week. School was dismissed on…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, February 4, 1920.) Trial of Diagonal automobile case results in acquittal of men charged with conspiracy. “Not Guilty,” was the verdict of the jury in the case of the State of Iowa vs Harry Pollen, Victor Graham, Otto Sobotka, Cecil Dillenburg and Dave Benson, tried…

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 28, 1920.) In a written confession filed in the Ringgold County district court Monday, Harry Taylor, an African American of Ottumwa, tells how he was induced by a professional robber to take part in the robbing of the Tingley State Savings Bank on the night…