100 years ago, 1914
Octave Cloutier of Lewiston called on City Clerk Lemaire at quarter after six Monday morning. Cloutier was engaged to be married and the wedding morn had arrived. Cloutier and his bride, Miss Edith Parent, arrived at St. Peter’s chapel to find that Cloutier was without the license. Hence the doorbell rang early and woke the city clerk. Lemaire hastily dressed and took the carriage, provided by the worried bridegroom, to city hall where he got the license. The return trip to the chapel was made in short order and the ceremony was only 15 minute’s late in starting.

50 years ago, 1964
An agreement by which the trustees of the estate of the late Almeda Mower indicate they will sell land on Center Street to a Portland supermarket concern was filed Tuesday at the Androscoggin Registry of Deeds. The document states the property will be sold by N. Clayton Hackett and Beryl M. Clark, trustees under the will of Almeda Mower. The possible purchaser indicated in the sale agreement is the George C. Shaw Co. of Portland, operator of several supermarkets and shopping centers in the Portland area. The property is on the Mower Farm on the westerly side of Center Street near Bowdoin Street, and includes some 20 acres of land with about 900 feet of frontage along Center Street. It is expected that the Portland concern will construct a supermarket and possibly develop the area into a shopping center.

25 years ago, 1989
What a bee-autiful day for moving. So thought a couple thousand bees, who made a temporary stop at E.W. Mailhot Sausage Co. in Lewiston Thursday, creating a buzz among employees and passers-by. The bees, according to bee hobbyist Bernard Parker, were swarming. The hive where they came from became too crowded, and the insects took to the air. They landed on a cedar bush outside of Mailhot. In front of the bush was a truck — owned by federal meat inspector Les Buzzell — who is nicknamed “Buzz.” His truck’s license plate reads “Buzz 1.” Parker, who lives on Dewey Avenue in Auburn, accommodated the bees, brought an empty hive that the bees took to quicker than a bear to honey.