• The Lewiston Board of Trade at its meeting last night received a proposition from a New York company in regard to locating here and starting a dry plate factory in the old Stanley factory building on Bates street. It is very probable that the company will take steps at once to open up the place.

• For three quarters of an hour last evening Auburn’s city council met in joint convention in the common council rooms behind closed doors. Before the aldermen retired Mayor Hastings pleasantly informed the “Newspaper Fraternity” that they would be left behind to “smoke up” for the aldermen in their absence.

50 Years Ago, 1956

• With the help of a mild spell in the middle of the month, October turned out to be a little warmer than usual. Indian summer weather slipped into the Twin Cities on Oct. 15 when the mercury climbed to 78 degrees. The unreasonably warm weather stayed for two more days with the mercury rising to 82 degrees on the 16th and 76 degrees on the 17th.

• The first Twin City Christmas decorations are up. A brightly robed choir is already singing from the top of the marquee in front of the B. Peck Co. department store. It won’t be long before city decorations are going up.

25 Years Ago, 1981

Despite the fine weather and several hotly contested city council races, Lewiston voters turned out in about the same numbers as their counterparts throughout the state Tuesday, while Auburn’s voter turnout appeared to well exceed the state average.

Forty-two percent, or 10,860, of Lewiston’s 25,860 registered voters went to the polls Tuesday, a number which compared to unofficial returns from throughout the state.

In Auburn, which unlike Lewiston had a highly visible mayoral race this year, an estimated 6,925 of the city’s 13,623 voters hit the polls to register their choices. Although two wards had not posted their final totals early Wednesday morning, the estimated total represents a 51 percent voter turnout.