100 years ago, 1912
 Ben Houser, the noted baseball player, who is the first baseman on the Boston Braves of the National League, has purchased a farm not far from Lewiston and will make it his winter home. It is the Edward Moore farm, Litchfield, and it is a story and a half house with nearly one hundred acres of land. It is beautifully located, the frontage being on Tacoma Lake. Early in October, at the end of the baseball season, Mr. and Mrs. Houser will come directly to Maine and will remain at the farm until the opening of spring practice. Mrs. Houser is well known in Lewiston, as she was formerly Miss Gladys Guptil of this city.

50 years ago, 1962
(Photo caption) TWO WEEKS IN THE WILDS — This group of youngsters left last weekend for Flagstaff Lake and Moosehead between which they will travel by canoe. The group, made up of Boy Scouts from Troop 111 of the Elm St. Universalist Church, Auburn, is being led by George Stone and Reginald Harper. Seen above, the flotilla is about to embark from Flagstaff. It is expected the trip downriver to Moosehead will take about one week. The boys will fish the Moosehead region for a week before heading for home on Sept. 1.

25 years ago, 1987
The City of Auburn recorded its lowest monthly welfare-assistance expense in a year last month, and the lowest for the month of July since 1981. July expenses totaled $3,257, with $1,505 being spent for rent, $1,319 for provisions, $220 for miscellaneous reasons, $204 for medical and $8 for electricity. Seventy-two people involved in 31 cases received assistance during the month, compared with a year ago when 92 people in 52 cases were assisted at a cost to the city of $3,380.