Read more about Oct. 21, 1922, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1922 Skirt lengths — not at the knees, not on the ground — just sensible lengths seven inches from the shoe soles are recommended by members of the New York City Federation of Women’s Clubs, with a membership of more than 10,000. […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 20: ‘Lewiston overcomes Portland High in rugged duel’
Read more about Oct. 20, 1947, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1922 At the Strand Theater every Tuesday at five o’clock, Harry Rodgers, the organist and chairman of the local music memory contest is to give a short recital, which will be composed of all the pieces which will have been studied in […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 19: ‘Patrolman Murray is victim Lisbon St. assault’
Read more about Oct. 19, 1922, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1922 Cement will be poured this week for the foundation of the Lewiston Armory. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Mrs. Cecile Bolduc was elected president of the Rainbow Auxiliary of the YWCA at the clubs annual banquet Wednesday evening, at Steckino’s Restaurant. Other […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 18: ‘Charge Auburn fire chief deserted wife’
Read more about Oct. 18, 1922, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1922 The Senior class of the Stephens High School will hold another sociable and dancing party on Friday evening, Oct 20th, at the high school. Entertainment will be given and Al Melanson’s orchestra will furnish music. These socials are very popular and […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 17: ‘Red roadster in dash over Maine border’
Red roadster in dash over Maine border 17 Oct 1922, Tue Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine) Newspapers.com Click here to read more on this story from 1922 from our archives on Newspapers.com. Find our full archive of newspaper content at sunjournal.com/archives 100 Years Ago: 1922 The committee from the Auburn Chamber of Commerce arranging for the Boys […]
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Chapter 22: Lowell sentenced to hang
The public “betook themselves to the courthouse to hear one of the last, and most solemn, of the many scenes which the Switzerland road tragedy has afforded,” the Journal reported an hour later. “There they were, promptly on hand to hear the doom which the law should affix to the guilt it had already decided.”
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Looking Back on Oct. 15: ‘Fall from apple tree results in death of Auburn resident’
Fall from apple tree results in death of Auburn resident 15 Oct 1923, Mon The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine) Newspapers.com Click here to read more on this story from 1923 from our archives on Newspapers.com. Find our full archive of newspaper content at sunjournal.com/archives 100 Years Ago: 1922 Local radio stations report a radio […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 14: ‘Fire destroys Baily Bros. grain mill at East Poland’
Fire destroys Baily Bros. grain mill at East Poland 14 Oct 1922, Sat The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine) Newspapers.com Read more on this story from 1922 from our archives on Newspapers.com. Find our full archive of newspaper content at sunjournal.com/archives 100 Years Ago: 1922 Frank Bartlett has leased the store right next to his […]
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Chapter 21: The jury delivers a verdict
One of the many newspapers around the country following the trial, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, said after all the evidence had been heard — but before the jury’s decision — “there is not, probably, a single trial to be found on the criminal records of this country so marked by dramatic sensationalism as that of James M. Lowell for the murder of his wife, the evidence for which was all completed in the Supreme Court at Auburn, Maine on Monday last.”
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Chapter 20: Lowell takes the stand
The eagerly awaited moment came Monday, Feb. 16, 1874, when Lowell rose from his chair, walked to the witness stand beside Judge Charles Walton and swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.