100 years ago, 1913
Jack Lapp, the noted catcher for the Athletics, and Mrs. Lapp are planning to come to Maine directly following the completion of the World’s Series and will be guests for a month of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Houser, at their farm in Litchfield. Jack Lapp, who has been with the Athletics for the last four years and is known among the baseball fans as Cy Coomb’s battery mate, was catcher in the game Wednesday. It is also expected that Fritz Maisel of Baltimore, who was recently sold for the fabulous amount of $12,000 and two players by Baltimore to the Highlanders, will visit at the Houser farm this fall. Mr. and Mrs. Houser were in Lewiston, Wednesday, and took in the World’s Series at the Lewiston Journal office, Mr. Houser being especially interested because of his connection with the Philadelphia Athletics in the series of 1910, when that team won. As is well known, Mr. Houser has just completed a successful season with the Baltimore team and has returned to his home in Litchfield to remain thru the winter.

50 years ago, 1963
A large grant of federal funds which will result in improvement to, and extension of Auburn’s water system was approved and announced today in Washington. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie reported this afternoon that the Housing and Home Finance Agency has approved an Accelerated Public Works Grant of $194,500 to improve the Auburn system.

25 years ago, 1988
Crowds expected to number in the thousands were anticipated at Bates College’s Merrill Gymnasium today to hear Democratic presidential nominee Michael S. Dukakis give what aides promised to be a major policy address on education and opportunity for all Americans. The Dukakis family has strong roots at the Lewiston college. His 85-year-old mother, Euterpe, graduated in 1925 and is attending Parents Weekend at Bates.

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