100 years ago, 1916
Going up Pine street in Lewiston one cannot fail to observe the home of Charles Herbury. In one of the large front windows is hung an American flag. It is no ordinary, small of size, made expressly for decorative purposes. Not a bit. It is a full grown edition of the stars and stripes and fills the window, calling everybody’s attention to best flag the world knows. People who know Mr. Herbury can well understand his action, for he is one of the men who love and believe in America and is extremely jealous of the country‘s honor.

50 years ago, 1966
Larry Gowell raised the season strikeout mark in the Andy Valley League with 19 of them as Edward Little made an impressive getaway in defense of the Andy Valley baseball pennant Thursday at Pettengill Park. Touched only for a second inning single, Gowell rang up a 5-1 pitching victory over Lisbon in the Eddies’ opener. Gowell himself scored what proved the winning run of the Thursday struggle after singling to lead off the Edward Little third. The big chap had driven in the day’s first score with a first-inning single. He also smote two towering drives, but one was caught by a fielder and the other pulled foul.

25 years ago, 1991
The Auburn City Council voted 5-0 Monday to delete part of an ordinance that restricts banners with political messages from hanging over Court Street after the city’s attorney said the law is unconstitutional. In a letter to the council, City Solicitor Curtis Webber said he recently encountered several legal cases where similar restrictions on signs in other cities were struck down by the courts. The issue arose after the Auburn Education Association, the city teachers’ union, asked the council to let them hang a sign at the intersection of Court and Main streets that read, “Moving to Auburn? Ask a Teacher.” In the middle of negotiations with the Auburn School Committee, union leaders said their sign was non-political and said they intended to say good things about the city when asked, arguing the sign was not a bargaining ploy.

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