100 years ago, 1913
The Lewiston police station looked like a January white sale in a dry goods store on Monday morning. It was strewn and littered with cotton goods. The collection was the result of the raid made Saturday morning in a house on Park street by the police. At that time cotton goods to the value of $200, which had been stolen from the mills of Lewiston, were recovered. Saturday afternoon, Sunday and Monday the police were actively engaged in getting the cloth identified. It seems remarkable that so much goods could have been taken out of the mills without the fact being discovered, but the police explain it and the explanation shows why. In all of the cases the men said: “I didn’t do it. My wife brought it out.” According to the police the women steal the stuff and bring it out of the mills wound about their bodies, under their dresses. In this way they get it out undetected. One piece of cloth which was recovered contained nearly 54 yards.
50 years ago, 1963
Photo caption — The Christmas mailing rush was at or near its peak today in Auburn, and the great volume of mail necessitated additional vehicles. The U.S. Forestry Service (Div. of Blister Rust Control) there upon did its good deed, making its own wagons available to the Post Office. Above, from the left, are Paul Lyons, Leonard Johnson and Leo Lalemand, ready to deliver their Christmas packages in the borrowed cars; Martin Calderara of the Forestry Service; And Burton Anderson, foreman of deliveries.
25 years ago, 1988
Lewiston Police have implemented a new system for determining which towing service gets called in cases where owners have no preference, in an effort to be fairer to the towing companies. As of midnight. the Lewiston Police Department will use three rotating lists instead of one to decide which wrecker gets called, according to Lt. Herbert Saucier. “Basically, on accidents we have a rotating list, for abandoned motor vehicles we have a rotating list and we have a list for heavy duty wreckers, for vehicles over a ton,” he said.
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