Wood County news from almost 100 years ago, as seen in the January 7, 1926 edition of the Mineola Monitor

“A Community: The Development of an Idea. 51 years ago this Community was but an idea. Today our happy homelife (is) made possible because of the development of that idea (which) stands as a milestone on the road to greater future growth, greater future prosperity and a greater home community. The consummation of our ideas, the realization of our dreams, the achievement of our plans rests upon a common foundation – the united efforts of every member of this community toward developing our idea of what we want this town and community to be. The Mineola Monitor, ‘Your Community Newspaper.’”