100 years ago, 1914
No one could better appreciate such a gift as was presented by Frank N. Curtiss of New York City to Col. Theodore Roosevelt. It was an eight-and-one-half pound Lake Auburn trout, which Curtiss caught early Tuesday morning. Curtiss made the presentation after the colonel and party had boarded the Narcissus and they were waiting near the car barn to start. “What do you think of that?” Roosevelt exclaimed. “Isn’t that bully?” Doubtless the ex-president had the trout served for his breakfast, Wednesday, for this was the expressed intention when it was turned over to the private secretary.
50 years ago, 1964
Children at the St. Joseph’s Children’s Home, along with the sisters and some of the residents, are mighty happy that Don McNeill is in Maine this week. Because of the famed radio star’s current visit to the state where broadcasting is taking place, the youngsters at the orphanage were enjoying blueberry pie today. The pie, a huge three-foot piece of pastry, was donated to Don McNeill from the Maine Retail Bakers Association and the Blueberry Growers Association, during his radio show yesterday at Portland. McNeill, in turn, gave the pie to his friend, Ray Geiger of Lewiston, who is also chairman of the Lewiston Summer Festival. The pie was enjoyed at today’s noon meal. McNeill, in his broadcast from the Lewiston High School auditorium this morning, mentioned the blueberry pie and the orphanage.
25 years ago, 1989
The Library Building Committee approved the square footage for the new Lewiston Public Library, but its height and location are uncertain. As plans stand, the new library, to cost an estimated $3.6 million, will be built at Ash and Park streets on a corner of the city parking lot. Harriman Associates, an Auburn architectural and engineering company, has a contract with the city to design the new library, but is waiting for the Finance Committee and City Council to give it the go-ahead to do an “urban analysis” of the entire parking lot.
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