The Lewiston Gas Light Co., has not yet finished laying the gas main in Ash street. Owing to the rain yesterday it was necessary to suspend work. The crew of four men is now at work on Ash street near Bartlett.

The city teams are now collecting waste paper much to the convenience of the public.

The night crew of street cleaners are doing good work. The streets in the business section of the city are cleaned nearly every night, which aids greatly to the sanitary conditions of the city.

Sneeze and blow, but you can’t get permanent relief from catarrh unless you purify your blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla does this, soothes and heals the inflamed surfaces, removes all scrofulous taints, and cures catarrh.

50 Years Ago, 1955

GRAY – There’s not a drop to drink. This town’s famous spring, located in a shaded spot on Route 202 and a favorite stopping-off place for thirsty motorists for several years, has dried up. It happened several days ago. There just isn’t any more of that sparkling, cool water to be had but local folks aren’t worried. It’s dried up a couple of times before, they report, and all that’s needed to get it running again is a darn good rainstorm.

25 Years Ago, 1980

STONINGTON – Federal and state drug agents swooped down on this island fishing town in a pre-dawn raid Monday to seize more than a thousand bales of Columbian marijuana in the biggest smuggling operation uncovered in Maine’s history.

The roughly 34 tons of marijuana had an estimated retail value of $23 million, state police spokesman Richard Moore said.

The marijuana was neatly piled in 1,263 bales on the lawn and dock outside a private residence on the rocky coast of Deer Isle, where Stonington is located. A brand-new, motorized conveyor belt and rubber boats, apparently used to transfer the bales from the smugglers’ boat, also were left behind.