100 years ago, 1914
Traffic was very heavy on all lines of the L. A. & W. Railway yesterday. All out of town cars coming to Lewiston were crowded with people bound either for the fair grounds or Lake Grove where the Labor day celebration was held. Extra cars were run on nearly all of the local lines to accommodate the people who wished to attend the ball game, the parades and other events of the day.

50 years ago, 1964
One of four badly wrecked cars, placed at locations in the Twin Cities to remind motorists to drive carefully over the long Labor Day weekend, was, removed last night on the claim that it constituted a traffic hazard. The car, located on a traffic island at the Auburn interchange of the Maine Turnpike, was hauled away by a wrecker Friday night after State Trooper Keith Littlefield of New Gloucester had viewed the wreck and considered that its location created a traffic hazard. The vehicle had been placed at the interchange as part of a traffic safety program sponsored by the Auburn Exchange Club. It and the other three badly battered cars were set beside signs which proclaimed that “This Could Happen To U.” When the car was first spotted Friday afternoon at the location near the Auburn turnpike interchange, it had to be moved back, it was reported, so as to leave a clear field of vision for drivers entering Route 202 and to allow proper visibility for a stop sign located there.

25 years ago, 1989
The Auburn Mall could go the route of other area malls that are losing tenants if a plan to expand it falls through, a lawyer for the company seeking city help in financing the expansion warned city councilors on Wednesday. “If we don’t go forward, we will go back,” said Peter Garcia on behalf of the Equity Properties and Development Co. of Chicago. “There’s a very definite prospect of limiting the tax base if what happened to other local malls happens to this mall.” The mall is the third largest taxpayer in the city, according to Roland G. Miller, Auburn’s director of community services.

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