100 years ago, 1915
A Lewiston resident was sentenced to 90 days in jail in the police court Wednesday for using indecent language to a woman. On top of that, he was held in $500 for assault upon the policeman who arrested him. Complaints came into police headquarters Tuesday night that a man had insulted some women on the Lewiston City Common and Captain Murphy sent men from the station. Policeman Painchaud attempted to arrest the man on Lisbon street and the man couldn’t see it that way, with the result that the officer had to use extreme force.

50 years ago, 1965
Lewiston Postmaster Roger Albert said today that within six months all persons who use the mails at reduced rate will have to include the ZIP CODE in the address or pay the full rate. According to Albert, the new regulation was scheduled to go into effect on July 1, but the deadline has been postponed for about six months.

25 years ago, 1990
Seventh-grade students at Sugg Middle School, Lisbon, have made a special patchwork quilt in memory of Joseph Perkins, a math teacher for 24 years at the school who died unexpectedly during spring vacation in April. When students returned from vacation and learned of Perkins’ death, they wanted to do something special. The seventh-grade language arts class wrote an ode that they sent to his parents, Paul and Mary Perkins of Corinna. They all agreed they wanted to do more in memory of the well-liked teacher who had had so much to offer his students. They decided that each seventh-grader would make one square for the quilt representing Perkins in some special way.

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