100 years ago, 1913
Between 11:30 and 12:20 o’clock Thursday noon the office of H.S. Crosby, 163 Main Street, Lewiston, was entered and about $23 in cash and a diamond ring valued at $25, stolen. When Mr. Crosby left his office at 11.30 the curtains were up, but when he returned they had been drawn. This aroused his suspicion as soon as he entered the office. The safe was unlocked, so that all the burglar had to do was to swing the door, reach in and help himself. Of the money taken $19 was in new one dollars bills, two dollars was in quarters, the remainder in silver of different denominations. The burglars left a one cent piece and a watch. It is believed that those who committed the theft gained entrance by climbing the fire escape on the alley side of the building.
50 years ago, 1963
Visitors to the Auburn Central Fire Station open house tonight will be treated to the unusual sight of antique fire fighting apparatus standing along side modern streamlined trucks. Fire Chief J. Coleman Miller reported today that the department will have on display an 1870 hand tub obtained through the courtesy of the estate of the late George W. Lane Sr. The vehicle, completely refurbished several years ago by the Auburn Fire Department, was presented to Lane in 1952. Also on display will be the department’s 1934 piston pumper, Engine Four, and Engine Six, a modern pumper.
25 years ago, 1988
Striking paper workers at International Paper Co. today called off their 16-month strike, citing a lack of support from national union leaders and trouble getting other union locals to walk out. Felix Jacques, executive vice president of Local 14, United Paperworkers International Union, said, “We have lost this battle, but the war for justice in the work place is not over,” even with the end of the strikes. More than 1,150 workers belonging to Local 14 and Local 246, International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, walked off the job 16 months ago in a dispute over contract concessions sought by IP. The paper company hired nearly 1,000 replacement workers to keep the mill operating, and hired an outside contractor to maintain it. The strike’s end does not signal the settlement of the original issues that prompted the walk out.
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