100 Years Ago: 1923 All records for the second day of the Maine State Fair at Lewiston, were shattered beyond all recognition. With the biggest attendance in history for the opening day Monday, shouting the praises of the fair, all day Tuesday, those in Lewiston and Auburn who could get away to go, went early […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 When John F. Mullaney of Auburn, the veteran door keeper of the Maine state fair, successor to Jerry Brackett of honored memory, pulls his stop watch and opens the big front gate, the fair will be officially on. One might have thought that the fair was on yesterday because it was […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 Unless the present week turns up some unexpected warm weather, the present month will be the coldest August since 1912. Slightly below normal weather conditions have prevailed on 19 of the 26 days of this month and the deficiency of heat totaled 72 degrees. On 11 days of this month it […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 The Auburn W. C. T. U. held a meeting in New Odd Fellows hall, Pleasant street, Auburn, yesterday afternoon. The final arrangements for serving meals at the State Fair were made. One application for membership was received, Mrs. Clark, a visitor read a poem during the social hour. 50 Years Ago: […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 Members of Lewiston Reading Circle enjoyed a delightful day Tuesday as guests of Mrs. George W. Horne at the Horne cottage at Norway Lake. The day was rainy so there was not much chance for going out-of-doors, but the Hornes have a large boathouse which contains as one of its pleasant […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 The Auburn-Lewiston Kiwanis club members are especially favored today in having for the speaker D. Thomas Curtin, one of the famous war correspondents, representing the London Times. Mr. Curtin is now on a tour with the Redpath Chautauqua lecturing on the subject, “What is the Matter with Europe?” so the Kiwanis Club […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 At the weekly luncheon of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotarians at the Auburn Y. M, C. A., Friday noon, Daniel Sulivan, district governor, will be the speaker, according to an announcement yesterday. 50 Years Ago: 1973 An antique weathervane, dating back to the 1870’s, is being put on display in the main hallway […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 Aged flappers put crimp in bobbed hair in New York. Bobbed hair must go, the National HairDressers Association, which will hold its third annual convention in this city Sept. 10 has decided the style was ruined when it was adopted by women over thirty. Present long skirts decreed for older women, […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 The Gray Literary club will have a picnic next Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Stanley Favor at South Gray. 50 Years Ago: 1973 The United Methodist Women of Calvary United Methodist Church, with their husbands as guests, enjoyed an outing this week at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Irving […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 The Sunshine Society was invited to North New Portland, Wednesday, August 20, to an all day meeting with Mrs. Laura Gilman, one of the members who is staying there for the summer. Transportation was furnished for all who desired to go. The members had a picnic dinner. 50 Years Ago: 1973 […]