• The factory inspectors’ last report gave us 877 children at work in the various factories of the state. All had certificates that they were 15 years of age. That was the age at which they were allowed to work, except when excused by school superintendents. A total of 119 of these had been so excused.

• Maine will have another lake to add to her long list of inland waters in a day or two, for water will be turned into the big reservoir newly erected by the building of the new dam at Dolby Rips by the Great Northern Paper Co.

50 years ago, 1957

WASHINGTON – Tomorrow is United Nations Flag Day, and if you are in a flag-flying mood and have a U.N. flag around the house, this is the time to fly it.

But before you run up the U.N. flag – it’s blue and white, with a world surrounded by olive leaves – a word of caution lest you wind up in a paddy wagon. No flag can be displayed anywhere in this country unless the U.S. flag has the position of honor. That’s the law. The only exception: some spot that is considered foreign soil, like the embassies here.

If you are rusty on lag etiquette, the position of honor is at your left, and the flag’s own right, as you face it from the street.

25 years ago, 1982

A 15-year-old Lewiston Sun newspaper carrier who jumped into a brook to rescue a 4-year-old boy was honored Friday night in Augusta by the Maine Chiefs of Police Association. Ninth-grader Sherri DeRosby of Mechanic Falls received the 1982 citizen bravery award for her act which occurred on May 7.

While on her rounds as a news carrier that day, she noticed Ellery Hewey on the banks of Waterhouse Brook. As she continued on her way, she looked back and saw that the boy was in the water.

Sherri then jumped a fence and ran to the water’s edge, but by that time the boy was under water and out of reach. Without regard for her personal safety, Sherri jumped into the chilly brook and held the boy above the water until he could be handed to two other youngsters who had come to help.