100 years ago, 1912
Everybody at the Lewiston telephone exchange’s reception Tuesday evening wanted to call up friends over the miniature telephone system, just to see the lights come on, on the model switchboard installed on the wall of the operating room by Herbert Whitney, one of the employees, to show folks “how the thing works.”

50 years ago, 1962
Gov. John H. Reed invaded predominantly Democratic Androscoggin County today on a political handshaking trip which found him poking around between shoe racks in shoe shops, and getting printer’s ink on his trousers and glue on his hands. While roaming the Belgrade Shoe plant in Auburn in his rolled up shirt sleeves, Gov. Reed met one young lady he won’t soon forget. Mrs. Blanche I. Caron of 213 Pine St., Lewiston, turned from her workbench to shake the hand of her Republican governor … and forgot to wipe the glue from her own hand.

25 years ago, 1987
Directors of the L&A Railroad Co. have authorized negotiations with one developer for use of the deteriorated Grand Trunk Railroad Depot, but refused to make public the details of any of the five proposals they received. “I can’t reveal anything. This is a private, for-profit corporation, and we don’t have to make anything public,” said Lewiston City Clerk Gerald P. Berube, who also serves as clerk of the railroad company. “I don’t want to jeopardize any negotiations at this point,” he said. The depot was the first sight thousands of Canadian immigrants had when they arrived in Lewiston during the late 19th century. Train service was discontinued to the site in the 1950s.