100 years ago, 1914
Tired, nervous and without their baggage but thankful that they can walk on neutral soil, Mrs. Jeanne Toutain, Miss Jeanne Toutain and Miss Mary Madeline Toutain arrived at their home on Pine street, Lewiston, last Friday from France, where they had intended spending the summer. They reached New York, Thursday, having made the trip on the French liner, the “France,” in six days. they feel that they were really in safety. The first day of August word went forth that the troops should mobilize and gay Paris was in arms. “It struck terror to my heart and impressed me so with the awfulness of conditions, that I cannot get away from the feeling of tension under which I was placed,” said Miss Jeanne Toutain in talking with a Lewiston Journal reporter.
50 years ago, 1964
The value of products manufactured in Auburn during 1963 rose, while the value of products manufactured in the sister city of Lewiston declined during the same period. According to Auburn’s Administrative Assistant D. Dwight Dogherty, Jr., the 1963 Census of Maine Manufacturers “indicated substantial progress for Auburn despite the loss of several shoe manufacturing firms.”
25 years ago, 1989
Lewiston police and city officials say they are on top of nightly teen drinking parties on the outskirts of Tall Pines that have troubled apartment residents all summer. But residents say a lack of police action has resulted in larger and larger outdoor parties in an area along the Androscoggin River known as “The Cliffs.” They hope a petition they have signed and backing from a city councilor will return their neighborhood to normal. In interviews, residents complained about loud music while the parties go on. Once the parties break up in the early morning hours, revelers prowl the streets of the apartment complex, shouting, littering, fighting and sometimes confronting residents. When the partiers drive off in their cars in the early morning, they are drunk and spin their tires, residents say.
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