In a small workshop at Cottage City, on Montgomery square, Charles E. Alden, an inventor, has devised and perfected a wireless telephone which bids fair to create as much of a stir among students of science as did wireless telegraphy when that modern invention became known to the world.

50 Years Ago, 1956

Navy scientists were reported today to have produced laboratory temperatures of at least two million degrees Fahrenheit – the highest yet reported from an American laboratory. Developers of the technique said it “might have possible use in the quest for harnessing fusion (H-bomb) power for peaceful purposes.

25 Years ago, 1981

One-third of Auburn’s Goff Hill area residents have had property stolen while even more have had property vandalized according to survey results released Wednesday.

About 80 Goff Hill Area residents came to Auburn’s Hasty Memorial Armory Wednesday to hear the results of the survey on how they and their neighbors feel about crime in their neighborhood.

What they learned, from preliminary results, was that more than half the area’s residents believe there are problems in the area.