100 years ago, 1913
Herbert W. Pike, a jeweler of Lisbon Falls, on Tuesday evening became entangled in a rope trailing from the rear of an auto-truck and was dragged along Middle street, Lewiston, for nearly fifty feet, receiving a scalp in addition to tearing his garments. He was attended at the Central Maine General Hospital. He was able to go to his home. The truck is a thirty-horsepower 1912 Stewart, the property of the Haskell Seed & Implement Company of this city. The rope that was being dragged after the machine was not noticed by Pike, who in crossing stepped into it.

50 years ago, 1963
Army draftees in Androscoggin County will probably be coming from a lower age bracket in the future, Joseph Curran, chairman of the Androscoggin County Selective Service Board, said last night following President Kennedy’s executive directive Tuesday which stopped the drafting of childless married men. Curran said the directive “cut us right down to where we don’t have enough for the quotas.” He said it is very likely that men younger than the previous average of 23 years will be called up for service. Curran noted that the draft dropped down to the 19-year-old bracket a few years ago. He estimated that the new order would lower the average draft age only one year, to 22 years old. Only single men will be called for examinations now. Curran reported, since it would be useless to give physical examinations to married men if they are now exempt.

25 years ago, 1988
Members of the community are being urged to participate in the design plans for the proposed new Twin-City riverfront development project. The decision to actively solicit feedback from the public on the designs was made Wednesday at a planning meeting for a contest among three architectural firms to develop a design for the riverfront. The area of the riverfront designers will concentrate on extends from the South Bridge on Cedar Street to the falls.

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