Iowa Old Press
Ringgold Record
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
March 2, 1876
WHAT A WASTE!
Every loafer in Mt. Ayr who has any respect for himself or
calling will get his knife sharpened ready for whittling. It is
almost spring and there are hundreds of storeboxes and barrels
setting around which no one has touched yet.
[transcribed by S.R.B., August 2009]