-The second day of the Oxford County Fair opened today with excellent weather and a large attendance. Long before noon it was noted by the officials that today would be the largest day in the history of this popular fair.

-Never such a crowd before at this season of the year at Poland Springs as now. The Mansion House is packed. The Poland Spring House count is 80 in excess of 1905 at this time. The Samoset at Rockland has increased its business over 20 percent, over 1905, closing on Saturday with a house well filled. It has been a remarkable year in the Ricker hotels. Poland Spring does not close until October 15th.

50 Years Ago, 1956

The Agriculture Department today made public its recent report to Congress on a food stamp plan – described as a secret document by the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, Estes Kefauver.

The estimated cost for such a procedure for disposing of surplus farm commodities was placed at 1½ billion dollars annually.

Democrats endorsed a food stamp plan at their convention in Chicago. Kefauver said in St. Paul, Minn., today that the plan would cost less than the administration’s program for handling surplus crops, and at the same time result in a wider distribution of foods to needy persons.

25 Years Ago, 1981

Many drunken drivers automatically will go to jail under a new Maine law, but county sheriffs say they already are running out of room, and by next year there will be even less.

Maine’s new operating-under-the-influence law takes effect Friday. Considered one of the nation’s toughest, it carries a mandatory two-day jail term for some offenders and a stiff fine and license suspension for all.

Anyone caught behind the wheel with a proven blood-alcohol level of at least .10 percent – five 12-ounce beers, or three shots of 100-proof liquor within an hour for a 160-pound person – will be convicted. No longer may defendants attempt to convince a judge or jury they were in control despite how much they had been drinking.