100 years ago, 1916
It is understood that Charles Brown, who has been manager of the restaurant since it was first opened, and Spafford T. Anderson, an Associated Press operator of this city, have bought out Mitchell’s restaurant at 151 Lisbon Street, Lewiston. This restaurant was opened in June 1914 by the Mitchell Restaurant Co. and has the reputation of being one of the best equipped restaurants in the state.

50 years ago, 1966
An Auburn businessman complained to police today that someone picked his lock over the weekend — with toothpicks. Phillip Attwood, who operates the Auburn Smoke Shop at 56 Court St., told police that when he tried to open the shop this morning he ran into a difficulty. Someone had jammed toothpicks into the door lock, making it impossible for him to use his key. He said he had to call a locksmith. Attwood told police the same thing occurred about six months ago but at the time he was able to get the toothpicks out by himself.

25 years ago, 1991
Two Phillips volunteer firefighters and a local pilot will be honored by the Kiwanis International Foundation Nov. 20 for their heroism in rescuing passengers from the burning wreckage of a plane that crashed in Phillips July 24. Firefighter Michael Morgan and his son, Jaime Morgan, will join pilot Robert Childs in receiving the national award, the Robert P. Connelly Medal, which is given to those “who risked their lives to save the lives of others, performing service above and beyond the call of duty.” The medal is “a dramatization of the organization’s most cherished bit of underlying philosophy: the assumption of individual responsibility,” said Roy Darlington, immediate past president of the Mount Blue Area Kiwanis Club of Farmington.

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