100 years ago, 1909

An effort is being made to get Lewiston and Portland into the new Maine Polo League which has just been started by Bath, Gardener, Augusta and Rockland. If a suitable place could be secured in this city, there is little doubt but what the sport would pay well here, for Lewiston was formerly a good polo town and many of the old enthusiasts would like to see the game here again.

50 years ago, 1959

Welfare costs in Auburn took another dip in August and September, according to figures presented to members of the Auburn City Council, sitting last night as the overseers of the poor.

City Manager Woodbury Brackett reported that local welfare in August cost the city $453.37, and in September it dropped to $394.79. Both totals are beneath the figures for the corresponding months of 1958.

25 years ago, 1984

MECHANIC FALLS — A benefit concert and a spaghetti supper. That’s part of the action under way to raise money for the fund being created to initiate a South Pacific search for missing adventurer Bill Dunlop.

Schooner Fare, a well-known folk trio which played at Portland when solo sailor Dunlop started his around-the-world trip last year, will play the benefit with all proceeds going to the Dunlop search fund.

The effort to find volunteers to assist in the search fund effort is continuing.