100 years ago, 1916
(Advertisement) Notice to Automobile Owners. We have excellent facilities for storing your machine for the winter. Steam heated Garage, open day and night. We are prepared to do Repair Work on all makes of machines, as well as Vulcanizing and Storage Battery Work. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices reasonable. We wish to announce that we now have with us Mr. Joseph Blier (Gasoline Joe) the well known local expert on automobile work.
LEVASSEUR MOTOR CAR COMPANY, 415 Lisbon St., Lewiston, Me.

50 years ago, 1966
A record of public service at the local and state levels, extending over nearly four decades, was exemplified Saturday night as Frank S. Hoy of Lewiston was honored by some 300 persons at a testimonial staged at Montello Junior High School in Lewiston. Friends, relatives, and business associates from the four corners of the state gathered to honor Hoy as Dr. Herbert R. Brown, the keynoter and a Bowdoin College Professor, extolled the prominent business, civic and church lender’s record.

25 years ago, 1991
Although it’s a little later than originally planned, the Clark Shoe buildings along the Union Street By-Pass may soon be a thing of the past. Auburn City councilors Monday will be asked to authorize a loan request for $100,000 from Community Development Block Grant funds that will provide part of the financing needed to pay for asbestos removal and subsequent demolition of the empty shoe factory. Although the plan was announced in January, administrative requirements and environmental assessments took longer than expected and the project was temporarily put on hold.

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