100 years ago, 1916
J. E. Meyers, formerly of Braintree, Mass., and now operating the mill of the Stevens Mills Paper Co., Auburn, has leased the second floor of the wooden building at Main and Mill streets, this city. The structure, formerly the No. 1 factory of the National Shoemakers, is now owned by Michael Brownstein. Mr. Meyers plans to manufacture all kinds of folding cardboard boxes, and will continue to operate the Stevens mill to supply the new factory. Machinery is now being moved in and everything will soon be ready for operation. The new factory has an estimated floor space of from 10,000 to 15,000 square feet.

50 years ago, 1966
A large van truck owned by a Lewiston business firm was heavily damaged Friday afternoon when it struck a railroad bridge overpass on Locust Street, Lewiston. Police reported the mishap involved a 1960 vehicle owned by Benson & Sullivan of Lewiston. Authorities noted this was the fifth such mishap at that overpass since the first of the year. An official for the Central Maine Railroad said a preliminary review indicated there was no damage to the bridge and the bridge was not moved, as in previous incidents.

25 years ago, 1991
A description of rare manuscripts that shed light on a major center of Byzantine civilization will soon be available to scholars for the first time, thanks to the efforts of a Bates College faculty member. Robert W. Allison, associate professor of religion at Bates, is one of the few American experts in Greek paleography, the study of ancient and medieval Greek writing, according to a press release from the college. He is completing work on the first of three projected volumes of the “Catalog of the Greek Manuscripts of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece.” Allison is the only American in a group of scholars from throughout the world who are studying the rarely seen manuscripts.

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