100 years ago, 1912
The Republicans will hold a rally in Auburn hall Wednesday night. Ex-Governor Bert M. Fernald and Hon. Jesse M. Libby will speak. The meeting opens at eight o’clock. The band will give several selections, but other than this, the affair will be strictly a political rally. It is understood that the constituents of that party in Auburn are opposed to the methods of “circus like” demonstration that has marked the work of the other party and which they are advertising for near-future rallies.

50 years ago, 1962
The sounding of Civil Defense sirens at the Frye School and Elliot Avenue area last night was the result of a “leak” in a four-party telephone line. Later in the night, Donald K. Marston of the New England Tel. & Tel. Co. reported that as the result of a water condition, a situation was created that is extremely rare. Marston explained that because of the water condition a “leak” existed which resulted in a signal from a four-party telephone line jumping to the line serving the CD signal, with the result that whenever a call was rung through the party line, the air raid signal would sound.

25 years ago,1987
The official groundbreaking and dedication ceremony of Central Maine Power Company’s Lewiston Falls hydroelectric station will be held Monday at noon. According to Beth Ellis, public affairs representative of CMP, the ceremony, which will be held at the Lewiston end of James B. Longley Bridge, is in honor of Charles E. Monty, executive vice president and senior operating officer for CMP. Preliminary construction for the station started earlier this month after three years of contract negotiations between CMP and the city, according to Ellis. The $55 million plant is scheduled to be on line by the fall of 1990.