100 years ago, 1914
The police department of Lewiston has been told to clean the city up! This order was given by Mayor Wiseman in a short, but to the point, talk to the entire department Tuesday morning. He told them that minors must be kept out of pool rooms and that those establishments must be closed every night at 11 o’clock. Disorderly houses and gambling rooms were placed under the gun and the police were informed that it was their duty to close them up. Loiters were to be dispersed. Minors were not to be allowed running around the streets late at night and young girls, who persisted in the practice were to be warned and their parents notified.

50 years ago, 1964
A huge dryer, for men’s hand sewn shoes, manufactured by the Diamond Machinery Company of Lewiston and believed to be one of the largest pieces of machinery ever shipped by truck from Lewiston, weighs 18,000 pounds, as it was shipped in modules to the Genesco Shoe Company, in Lawrenceville, Georgia, yesterday. The mammoth dryer measures ten feet, two inches in width, 31 feet four inches in length, and is nine feet ten inches in height. It takes 80,000 watts of power to operate the dryer which is capable of drying 5,800 pairs of men’s shoes in eight hours. Re-assemblage and installation of the jumbo-size dryer will be under the direction of Robert Jenney, master mechanic and shop foreman, and Cyril Poulin, master electrician, of the Diamond Machinery Company. who will fly to Georgia next week.

25 years ago, 1989
The apartment building at 10 Second St., Auburn, was hardly cozy. Ceilings were falling, floors had warped and pipes had burst. In the heart of a working class neighborhood, the brick building overlooking junked cars, trash, a collapsing garage and the Androscoggin River was an eyesore. “It was a disaster,” said Ward 5 City Councilor Norman C. McKeone. But in less than two months the changes are obvious to passersby. New windows have been installed and workers come and go frequently as the building undergoes a $200,000 transformation into affordable family apartments.