100 years ago, 1913
The St. Hilaire brothers of Lewiston are fast gaining prominence in local athletics. Telesphore, who is 20 years of age, won the Labor Day marathon to Lake Grove, while Alphonse, who is a year younger, also finished among the prize winners. Telesphore has been running for three years and has also appeared in the ring at several Lewiston boxing exhibitions. He is now planning to enter the big Marathon in Boston next season.

50 years ago, 1963
EDITORIAL — The growing Bates College campus will have a brand new chemistry building, as a result of the largest single gift ever given the institution. The new building, which will replace the aging facilities of Hedge Laboratory, is made possible by $400,000 gift from the Charles A. Dana Foundation Inc. of Greenwich, Conn. The new chemistry building will cost an estimated $650,000. It was the fact that Bates College has been undertaking a program of construction and improvements which played a large part in the decision of the Foundation to make the large gift. Charles A. Dana, industrialist and philanthropist who created the Foundation, visited the Bates campus and was impressed by the newly completed science building. We share the happiness of the Bates community in this new step forward.

25 years ago, 1988
The firefighters union this week turned down Auburn’s latest contract offer, and the two-year-old labor dispute will proceed to arbitration, union and city officials said Thursday. The rejection Wednesday night by the 60-member Auburn Firefighters Association means fire personnel will continue to work without a contract, as they have for 14 months.

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