Read more about April 6, 1948, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 The widely heralded University of Maine band will conduct their “Pop Concert” in Lewiston City hall Friday night. This has been an annual event and one anticipated with great interest each year by local alumni and friends of the state college. […]

Read more about April 5, 1963, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 At the meeting of the Skowhegan B. P. W. the club secretary gave an interesting report. A supper will be given at the next meeting, when Mrs. Howard Ives is to speak. At the supper held Saturday night, which was a big success, […]

Read more about April 4, 1953, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 The second annual banquet of the Business and Professional Women’s club was held at the DeWitt last evening, 69 attended. Miss Rose D. Nealley was toastmistress, and those who responded were Mrs. Kitty Barker, Miss Lilli Herling, Miss Mabel S. Merrill, […]

Read more about April 3, 1923, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 Chairman Stetson of the State Board of Assessors stuck his head into the newspaper room the other day, looked around at the paper bestrewn floor, the paper-cluttered tables and desks and  grinning remarked: “Cluttered looking place!” “No, just a regular newspaper […]

Read more about April 1, 1953, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 Not so very many years ago the appearance of a ‘horseless carriage’ upon the public streets was the signal for everyone to line up at the curb, marveling at the wonderful progress made in the mechanical arts that produced a mechanism […]

Read more about March 31, 1923, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 Alden M. Gayton Post Ladies’ Auxiliary is to give a masquerade dance Monday evening at Auburn Hall. Music is to be by Morrill’s orchestra. The committee includes Mrs. Maude Starkey, Mrs. Mary Williams. Mrs. Marie LaRose, Miss Marion Gullifer, Mrs. Mildred […]

Read more about March 30, 1923, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 Mrs. W. A. Paul of Auburn has a unique souvenir of a recent trip and one which she says she is going to keep, a big round ragged hole in the side of her automobile, made by a bullet from a […]

Read more about March 29, 1943, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 “Come and See” is the slogan which the girls of the clubs and classes of Y. W. C. A. have adopted for their exhibition to be given Wednesday evening. April 4th at 8 o’clock in Auburn Hall. Very few people have […]

Read more about March 28, 1953, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 The costs of clearing Lewiston’s streets and catch-basins this winter will amount to about $30,000, stated A. G. Roy, superintendent of the street department, to a journal reporter. Conditions affecting his department have been the worst in his experience, he said, […]

Read more about March 27, 1923, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 A special meeting of the Clinton Grange was held Saturday in observance of the 36th anniversary of the organization. It was an all day meeting and Worthy master, Lizzie  A. Burns presided. C. M. White of Augusta, chief of division of […]