100 years ago, 1914
Chicken thieves have been at work in Auburn for some time. The most recent appearance was early Tuesday morning when a burglar alarm failed a scheme to rob the roost on property owned by F. G. Willard. W. S. Briery of Gamage avenue lost four last Friday night and C. H. Moody, who lives on the avenue, lost four last Sunday night. The neighborhood is up in arms against such culprits and are about to the point of using shot guns with rock salt for ammunition as a means for stopping the practice. It is the belief that whoever has been doing this dresses the birds and sells them for poultry at once. One dressed hen is hard to distinguish from another.
50 years ago, 1964
For want of an immediate guarantee of 75 experienced women’s garment stitchers, Lewiston apparently has lost an expansion of a New York contract stitching concern. Representatives of the firm were in both Auburn and Lewiston on Tuesday and conferred with city officials, industrial agents and with a Lewiston bank and the Maine Employment Security Commission office. That there is no program for training garment stitchers came out as the industry representatives sought to locate the nucleus of 75 women to start the industry. The company wanted a force of 300 trained stitchers by the end of one year.
25 years ago, 1989
After five years of near dormancy, the gypsy moth is back. Parts of southern and central Maine have had light infestations this year. “They are certain to be heavier next year,” Maine Forest Service entomologist Richard Bradbury told a Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine (SWOAM) group on Saturday. In a Norway woodlot, Bradbury pointed out the half-inch-long, buff colored egg clusters that will hatch out next spring. During heavy infestations, egg masses may appear on buildings and vehicles. Either as egg clusters or pupae, the gypsy moth can be transported from one state to another on the underside of campers and trailers, in wheel hubs, on lawn furniture, or on forest products. For this reason, Maine quarantines logs from infested areas.
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