Assessors Notice. To the inhabitants of the City of Auburn and all persons liable to be assessed therein. You are hereby notified that the assessors will be in session at their office in Auburn Block, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Apr. 2, 3, and 4, 1906, from 9 to 12 a.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. for the purpose of receiving true and perfect lists of all the polls and the estates, real and personal, not by law exempted from taxation which you are possessed of in said Auburn on the first day of April, 1906, which list you are required by law to bring in.

50 Years Ago, 1956

Twenty years ago today the most disastrous flood in the area’s history was raging through the Twin Cities.

One span of South Bridge was swept away by flood waters which reached a peak flow of 356,000 cubic feet per second for 12 minutes in to Gulf Island Dam. The Androscoggin River on the rampage caused many thousands of dollars in damage.

The heavy inflow at the dam was caused by a break in the jam of heavy ice and logs at Clark’s Rips at the head of Gulf Island Dam pond.

Sixty years ago on March 2, 1896, the angry waters of the Androscoggin swept away old North Bridge amid a tangle of wood, wires and poles.

25 Years Ago, 1981

Beekeepers and beef producers, potato growers and dairymen took over the third floor of the Statehouse on Thursday and turned it into a temporary country diner specializing in state-grown farm products.

It was American Agriculture Day, and farmers from all over the state came to Augusta to strut their stuff.

Hundreds of legislators, state officials and workers bellied up to a dozen tables and helped themselves to French fried potatoes, fresh milk and cheese, omelets, bread, pork chops, pastries and honey smeared on little chunks of bread.

Maine Poultry Federation’s exhibit, where Karlene Nelson of Auburn cooked eggs, seemed to be the most popular stop for the government gourmets.