100 years ago, 1916
Residents of Androscoggin County are being invited to visit a demonstration car with exhibits of the products of Oklahoma, which is side-tracked at the Central Maine depot. This car is sent out for the purpose of interesting prospective purchasers in a “Government Indian Land Sale” of about 400,000 acres in southwestern Oklahoma. The lands include timber, grazing and farming tracts and it is claimed that mineral and oil prospects are bright.

50 years ago, 1966
(Photo Caption) Shown here is what is popularly known as “the old corn factory” located at 74 Lake Auburn Avenue. The property is the number one choice of the Auburn Housing Authority as the site for construction of its proposed high-rise housing for the elderly project. The AHA choice has been approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and a committee has now been appointed to negotiate with the Lewiston Hardware and Plumbing Supply Co., owner of the property, for its purchase.

25 years ago, 1991
Bob McPhee’s 33rd birthday at his home in Dixfield was a celebration that will enhance his life forever. McPhee, a sports writer for the Lewiston Sun-Journal, has been confined to a wheelchair since being injured in a high school football scrimmage, and cannot speak. But through the efforts of a private fund-raising group, McPhee now communicates through a computer which activates a voice as he types words. McPhee can answer the telephone now, something that most of us take for granted.

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