100 years ago, 1916
Agnes Connor, the little nine year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Connor, of the Perkins Ridge road, Auburn, is the proud possessor of a pony which she earned in a magazine contest. During the spring and summer she has been taking subscriptions for the Women’s Home Weekly sending in a total of 75. She was happily surprised when informed that she was one of the pony winners and a few days ago the animal arrived, being sent by express from Illinois. She is a little black beauty, pony and crate being billed 300 pounds. Besides the pony she also received $25 in money for sending in the largest number of subscriptions during the closing days of the contest.

50 years ago, 1966
Damage estimated at about $100 resulted from an unusual mishap this morning in the yard of the Auburn Motor Sales on Center Street, Auburn. Police reported that Eugene Jacques of Rumford drove a small pick-up truck into the yard of the garage, shut the motor off and left the vehicle. According to authorities, an electrical fire erupted under the hood of the vehicle and caused the engine of the truck to start. The truck then backed across the yard and collided with another truck owned by the company.

25 years ago, 1991
The merger of three Lewiston-Auburn funeral homes will protect the homes from large acquisition companies and thereby keep them closely connected to the community, says a director of the newly formed Fortin Group. “In the past five to ten years there has been a trend of large acquisition companies buying out funeral homes,” explained funeral director Roger Bouffard. The recent merger of Fortin Funeral Home, Plummer & Merrill Funeral Home and Teague & Finley Funeral Home will help protect the three against acquisition, he said.

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