100 years ago, 1915
The Johnstown flood may fade into insignificance beside a flood of beer now known to have arrived in Lewiston. Eighty-five quarter kegs and 50 halves billed to S. Malo & Co., Lewiston, arrived in a box car at the upper Maine Central railroad station, Monday. This was not delivered by the railroad, nor permission given to remove the beer, because the shipment should have been made over the Grand Trunk. The car was returned to the junction and run into the Grand Trunk railroad station where Tuesday night the seals were broken and the beer removed from the car. S. Malo & Co. is not known as a business house Lewiston. The destination of the beer overnight is not a public fact but a quick distribution of it was begun Wednesday.

50 years ago, 1965
Vacationing school children will be entertained at a penny carnival tomorrow at the YMCA in Auburn. Games of skill and concession booths will he operated for the patrons, who will pay only a penny to participate. Lunch items might run as “high” as 3 pennies, on the other hand.

25 years ago, 1990
Since the first of the year, two Chinese restaurants have added their names to the roster, and before long, a Mexican-style restaurant will open in Auburn and the former Happy Jack’s will become a family-oriented seafood restaurant. Linda and Tomy Wu, who already own a Chinese restaurant in Dallas, Texas, have renovated the former Sim’s Restaurant on Minot Avenue and call it Hunan House. Yang-Tze restaurant, which opened in the middle of January, is owned by Sai Ping of Lewiston, a native of Shanghai, China. It moved into the fast-food location formerly occupied by Arby’s on Lisbon Street in Lewiston. Two brothers who already own and operate a successful eatery in Eliot will divide their duties as they plan to open a second Fryday’s restaurant on March 15, leasing the former Happy Jack’s location on Lisbon Street. A Mexican restaurant in a new building on Minot Avenue will open about the first of April. Owner Tom Snow elected to put up a log cabin for his business because “Mexican restaurants, in general, tend to be rustic.”

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