The age of wonders is not past yet. There is in the possession of a Lewiston girl a piece of script of great value and with history that makes one feel that it is all a fairy tale.

The story runs something like this. Four years ago last September Annie Saucier of 304 Lincoln street, Lewiston, was traveling through Newport, R. I. She was walking about the town while waiting for a train and to her unbounded surprise was accosted by a man in the uniform of a petty officer of the United States Navy. This officer who had been drinking asked Annie Saucier for a quarter. After some conversation she gave it to him and in return he gave her a piece of script money and told her to keep it for a pocket piece. Lately she learned that the money is a Portuguese bank note and worth a very large sum of money. Competent authorities estimate it to be worth at least $5,000. Moreover the note bears interest at 5 per cent until the end of 1906 – compounded annually and this would amount to nearly $8,000 by the time the note matures in 1906. No small fortune to be picked up on the streets!

50 Years Ago, 1955

Robert A. Pinard, 40 of 275 Park St. Lewiston, paid costs in Lewiston Municipal Court Saturday morning when he pleaded guilty to violation of a new city ordinance designed to keep the city streets from being littered with waste materials.

He was specifically charged with littering Lisbon Street with waste from an open truck on Dec. 16. The ordinance requires waste trucks to be equipped with suitable devices to prevent littering.

25 Years Ago, 1980

Lost Valley’s opening day of the new ski season was a success Wednesday and manager Fern Pontbriand said skiers of all ages were on the slopes during the day and evening. With about eight inches of new, dry powder snow on the ground, the early-season skiers were not deterred by temperatures Wednesday night hovering around the 3-degree mark.