60 Years Ago Several persons called The Register today to speak of the plight that the prolonged snow season means for birds and at least one organized rescue project was underway. Ray Pershall and Clarence…

The Kelley Hotel on South Washington glistened on a snowy night in the 1960s. The hotel closed in 1970 after a glorious tenure. Ira D. Kelley founded the hotel in 1908. Business was brisk and…

Louis Schlanger opened The Globe Clothing Store at 2 S. Washington in 1901, when Iola was a boom town with a population between 12,000 and 13,000 and both Gas City and LaHarpe were sizable communities…