The good news was announced of an advance of 5 per cent in wages in the Lewiston mills. This comes as a happy surprise to the thousands of employes (sic) in the local mills, and will in no small way affect the business prosperity of the city. All of the mills are well stocked and running full time. As a matter of fact the Lewiston mills have been exceptionally free in recent years from labor troubles. They have had no serious trouble with their employes, and for the simple reason, it is said, because the employes felt that they were being used fairly in every way, and therefore had no reason to “kick.”

50 Years Ago, 1956

Twin City residents, out-of-town folks and vacationers by the dozens gathered in front of the doors of Lewiston stores to be the first when the doors opened. The cause of all the early morning shoppers was the beginning of the 44th Lewiston Double Dollar Days sale. The sale got underway with a bright start and many area businesses described the turn-out as “excellent.” The crowds lasted throughout the day.

High United States military and diplomatic officials – and now the families of U.S. soldiers serving in West Germany – are being bombarded with threatening letters demanding that United States troops be withdrawn from German territory.

25 Years Ago, 1981

The air was filled with the scents of frying dough and summertime air, and with the stickiness of cotton candy wisps. Against a darkening sky, the first cool glows of neon were beginning to radiate. Young couples, accompanied by swarming masses of younger toddlers, were walking around aimlessly with armsful of balloons and stuffed animals. It’s a fair. Not the Franco-American Festival dominating Lewiston’s Kennedy Park, but the Yarmouth Clam Festival. An annual event that has historically packed in tourists and locals as tightly as sardines, last year’s festival logged in an estimated 50,000.