100 years ago, 1918

A local resident was arraigned in the municipal court, Auburn, Friday, charged with trying to take away a wagon load of junk, the property of Henry Baker of New Auburn. He was arrested by Officer Ratcliffe. In answer to Judge Webber’s questions, he said he didn’t know, hardly, why he took it. He said he saw it lying there, apparently without friends or relatives, and decided to load it into his wagon, and give it a good home. It is understood that he had been consorting with J. H. Barleycorn, and Judge Webber put him on six months probation.

50 years ago, 1968

Lance Cpl. Philip Pelletier is home on furlough and happy to be here. He has thirty days convalescent furlough to spend in Lewiston before he returns to a veterans hospital at Houston, Texas, for further treatment for extensive injuries and burns received in Vietnam. The young Marine was injured on April 20 when his vehicle struck a land mine. He has been at the Houston hospital for two months. Lance Cpl. Pelletier enlisted in the Marine Corps last July 3 a few weeks following his graduation from Lewiston High School. He had been in Vietnam two months when he was wounded. He is the son of Mrs. Albertino Pelletier, 257 Lincoln Street, Lewiston.

25 years ago, 1993

Representatives of Great Falls Plaza businesses Monday blasted a plan for implementing parking fees at the plaza lot that would cost people who currently park free $1 per day or $15 per month. Representatives of the American Red Cross, a dental practice and an accounting firm lambasted the plan, complaining it would mean high parking costs for both clients and employees.

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