100 years ago, 1912
(Display ad) MAINE STATE FAIR AT LEWISTON SEPTEMBER 2, 3, 4, 5. The grounds, the buildings, the track are all in first-class condition. Hugh F. Blaney, known throughout the United States and Canada as “The Phenomenal Brass Band Soloist, will sing with the band and there will be numerous vaudeville acts. The Flying Machine Exhibitions, which were so amazing and popular last year, will be given by the same concern, the Curtiss Company, and the same aviator. You are sure of seeing some great flights. Lewiston bands will furnish music. All railroads give reduced rates.

50 years ago, 1962
Shoe workers in Auburn and Lewiston manufacturing women’s cement-process conventional shoes earned an average of $1.66 an hour in April of 1962, according to Wendell D. Macdonald, regional director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Men averaged $1.83 and women $1.55 an hour. Among occupations studied, average hourly earnings of men ranged from $2,43 for pullover-machine operators to $1,21 for janitors. Machine cutters averaged $2.28, side lasters $2.25, edge setters $1.97, and inspectors $1.30 an hour.

25 years ago, 1987
The expansion projects of two city hospitals were among six approved Monday by state officials. At Central Maine Medical Center, the $19.3 million expansion project will include a four-story addition and renovation encompassing about 55,500 square feet in 17 departments. At St. Mary’s Hospital, their $6.3 million project entails enlarging the emergency room and adding six additional operating rooms.