100 years ago, 1911

Dr. G. M. Twitchell of Auburn will leave today for Barre, Mass., to attend the winter meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. On Thursday he is to speak on “The Producer’s Right in the Consumer’s Dollar.” With the fact in view that the producer realizes only thirty-five cents on each dollar which the consumer pays. Dr. Twitchell has been asked to discuss the question bringing out the producer’s rights.

50 years ago, 1961

Lewiston Postmaster Roger Albert said Monday that a one-a-day delivery program planned by the postal department for the Christmas season won’t take anything away from the public. The cut from two to one deliveries per day during the rush was announced by Postmaster General J. Edward Day as an economy measure.

25 years ago, 1986

Angered over the loss of one of two French-Canadian cable television channels, several Lewiston residents claimed Thursday to have gathered hundreds of signatures on petitions asking Adams-Russell Cablevision to return the channel.

Roger Jalbert of Lewiston estimated he has collected more than 300 signatures and more are coming in every day.

Jalbert is one of what appears to be a growing number of people opposed to the cable company’s decision to drop CHLT-TV of Sherbrooke, P.Q.

Several people are independently circulating petitions in Lewiston and Auburn to protest the change.