100 Years Ago: 1923 Announcement was made at the White House today that Mrs. Coolidge would retain Miss Laura Harlan, daughter of the late Associate Justice Harlan, as her secretary. Miss Harlan was secretary to Mrs. Harding. 50 Years Ago: 1973 Motorists traveling from Auburn to Lewiston by way of the Third Bridge will soon […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The girls of Camp Minnetonka will give an entertainment at the Grange hall, Aug. 24, for the benefit of the North Baptist church. 50 Years Ago: 1973 Cattle rustlers are riding again in Auburn but an effort to “cut ’em off at the pass” hasn’t worked yet. Police reported Tuesday that […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 The lights all over the two cities were shut off for a period of about five minutes at 11 o’clock last night on the circuits supplied by the Androscoggin Electric Co. It was stated at the powerhouse that the cause was unknown. Power was restored without further interruption during the night. […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, widow of the late president, plans to spend a portion of the winter months in Southern California, according to a brother-in-law who just returned from Marion, Ohio. 50 Years Ago: 1973 Sam Holbrook, a farmer from Turner, has issued a warning that he is taking protective measures […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 More than 60 Journal newsboys took a plunge in the Auburn “Y” swimming-pool Friday afternoon. 50 Years Ago: 1973 A course, titled “Maine in the 21st Century” will be offered starting Sept. 10 at CMVTI by the Lewiston-Center of the University at Augusta. The course, which will attempt to project what […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 The new million dollar interstate memorial bridge at Portsmouth will be opened to traffic this afternoon, Governor Fred H. Brown announced this morning as he left for that city with Adjutant General Howard, Senator George H. Moses, First Assistant Postmaster General John H. Bartlett, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 About 500 left for Old Orchard  by special train on the fourth annual outing of the Dingley-Foss Co. of Auburn, at 8:30 Thursday morning. No special program has been arranged, but those on the outing will be granted reduced prices at restaurants and amusement places for the day. J. C. Shepard […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 Carlton Haynes of Auburn, a salesman at the Lewiston Motors, Inc., has sworn off leaving his automobile outside of a garage overnight. One morning recently, at three o’clock, when everything was quiet, he was awakened by loud explosions. Listening for moments he heard his father shouting to someone. When he got […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 City officials estimate that automobiles en route to the Harding funeral stretch out to a distance of 80 miles from Marion. Cars are running two and three abreast and there is not a break of more than ten feet for many miles. The caravan is being constantly augmented by cars from […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 The camp meeting at Empire Grove opened Saturday evening with good attendance. Nearly all of the cottages are now open. Sunday morning Rev. A. Bean preached a fine sermon, and in the afternoon Rev. Forgrave of the Anti-Saloon League spoke on Federal Prohibitory Law, what it has accomplished, and the difficulties […]