100 Years Ago: 1923
Naturalists all over the United States are worrying over the probable extinction of certain of our mammals due to the decree of fashion that women wear furs all four seasons of the year. Museums are hastening to obtain specimens for their collections before it is too late.
50 Years Ago: 1973
Members of the Nasson College Club are invited to bring their husbands to the Club’s Christmas buffet which is to be held Wednesday. Mrs. Frank Murray of Conant Avenue will hold the affair and guests are invited for seven o’clock.
25 Years Ago: 1998
The rock band Phish has chosen to play a millennium gig in Hawaii instead of returning to the former Loring Air Force Base for a consecutive year, an official said.
The president of the Loring Development Authority said he received word from David Werlin, president of the Boston-based Great Northeast Productions, which promoted the Phish concerts in Maine.
The band will play a two-or three day festival in Hawaii instead of playing in Limestone, said Brian Hamel.
The move had been rumored but officials insisted up until Wednesday that no formal decision had been made.
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