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Snapshots of History by Mike Avitt

Summary by mtayrnews.com
This week’s photo comes courtesy of Nancy Thompson and shows the Mount Ayr Hotel in 1928. The hotel was started in 1865 or 1866 at 116 E. Madison St. by Francis (Frank) Ellis and his wife Susan. It lasted until 1985. I don’t have much info on the hotel until the early 1870s because my digitized newspapers go back to 1872. Another hotel, the Dunning House, was built on the lot where Lefty’s Club Tavern sits and the two lots to the west. A man nam…
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mtayrnews.com broke the news in Mount Ayr, United States on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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