100 years ago, 1913
“Tige,” the fire horse, injured by a fall on Court Street, Auburn, in responding to the alarm for a fire in the Haskell building Thursday afternoon was comfortable at the city stables Friday. Making the run to the fire on Main street, the hose wagon came down Court Street when the near horse of the pair of blacks slipped on the wet track and was dragged 60 feet before the truck could be stopped. When “Tige” had made several vain attempts to stand it was thought that his hip was broken and he would have to be shot. Dr. G.R. Inglis was called, the horse was put aboard a drag and taken to the Central Station. Examination proved that no bones were broken but that “Tige” was severely bruised. He will recover and in a few days will again be “Tige” the fire horse.

50 years ago, 1963
The overall king and queen of the Auburn playgrounds for the 1963 season were crowned last night at Pettengill Park as the annual Playground Festival opened. Mayor Paul F. Brogan crowned Larry Bouvier, 16, a helper at the Walton playground, as king, and Sandra Samson, 14, of the Moulton playground, as queen. They were selected from the king and queen candidates named at each of the playgrounds by vote of the playground supervisory staff.

25 years ago, 1988
Two Central Maine Medical Center physicians have received a grant to assist them in providing new drug therapies for area cancer patients. Medical oncologist Donna K. Thompson, M.D., and oncologist/hematologist Paul F. Poulin, M.D., have received a grant from the National Cancer Institute. Through the program they will be able to treat some local cancer patients with specific combinations of drugs that previously would have been available to patients only at a larger medical center.