100 years ago, 1916
Workmen at the Foss-Packard Shoe Shop were told yesterday that they could keep on working as the shop would not close down. This came as a surprise to many of the men and some of them had new positions engaged but it is understood that nearly all of them will stay on their old jobs. Some weeks ago it was announced that H. M. Packard of the company had retired and that the shop would shut down as soon as all the orders on hand had been filled. This story was no rumor and the owners of the company really believed that no more shoes would he made at the shop but it now appears that it will keep running if not under the old ownership.

50 years ago, 1966
The attempted armed holdup of a Turner Road store owner failed late Saturday afternoon in Auburn when the proprietor refused to obey an order from a hooded gunman and the would-be thief fled the scene on foot. Lt. Frank Keene of Auburn police said Cecil D. Stevens. proprietor of Steve’s Variety on the Turner Road, a short distance from the Auburn-Turner line, was standing in front of his store shortly after 5 p.m. when the hooded rifleman approached him and said, “Get into the store.” When Stevens refused, the gunman ran from the scene, headed northerly toward the Turner line along the Turner Road. Lt. Keene said witnesses to the incident, watching from the other side of the highway, thought the gun-wielding person “was a kid playing Batman.”

25 years ago, 1991
What does the Lewiston mayor, the city police chief, Millhouse District residents, City Council members and the lifeguards at the city pool all have in common? Answer: They all eat hot dogs and they all care what happens to the Millhouse District children. Wednesday afternoon people who live in the Millhouse District (an area encased by Bartlett, Walnut, Park and Willow streets), city officials, members of the Lewiston Police Department and volunteers involved in the millhouse community project, downed 300 donated hot dogs, while filling out surveys and talking about what needs to be done in the neighborhood so children can better themselves.

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