Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1899 — Bad Fire Near Mt, Ayr. [ARTICLE]

Bad Fire Near Mt, Ayr.

There was quite a destructive fire near Mt. Ayr, Tuesday morning. Ed Miller’s barn was burned, and in it a clover holler, a stacker, a large amount of other farming implements, grain etc. The loss is estimated at $2,000 with little if any insurance. The fire was thought to have been of incendiary origin.