100 years ago, 1916
It has been reported from what is believed to be authentic sources that Hon. Alton C. Wheeler of South Paris, has promised to support Hon. Wallace H. White Jr. of Lewiston for the nomination for Congress. Matters relating to the Second District contest which hither-to had been somewhat confused, have been straightened out, it is said. as the result of a conference between Wheeler and White Jr. Mr. White has begun an active campaign for the coming primary fight. His friends pick him to win, but at the same time, they realize that he will have plenty of good live opposition.

50 years ago, 1966
Pleas for party unity during the coming Democratic primary election and for elimination of personal attacks that would weaken the party were voiced Sunday by both U.S. Senator Edmund S. Muskie and Second District Congressman William D. Hathaway of Auburn in addesses at the State Democratic Issues Conference at Lewiston. Sen. Muskie spoke following a banquet at Lewiston Memorial Armory, and Congressman Hathaway addressed the conference Sunday afternoon at Lewiston High School auditorium.

25 years ago, 1991
“The Mad Whittler,” Rodney Richard of Rangeley, gave a history of logging in Maine for the Wilton Historical Society. Richard showed one of his sets of 10 carved figurines, each with a tool used in lumbering in the 1930s and early 1940s. Each one of the woodsmen was carved from a solid block of basswood. Richard uses a jacknife, Exacto and other knives to carve his woodsmen, each of which takes about 100 hours to make. He said the set which he displayed (the fourth he has carved) is valued at $15,000. One of the carved woodsmen has a chain saw and links; one, a caliper scale. There is one with a crosscut saw, another with a bucksaw, and one with a Canadian Jay on his hand.

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