Great excitement was caused at a 10-cent store on Lisbon street, Saturday morning by the announcement that a bread pan would be sold for 10 cents. A large number of women assembled on the sidewalk in front of the store before the doors opened. As soon as the doors were opened a grand rush was made by the excited fair ones, eager to secure the wonderful bargain. It is said that two women fainted in the crush and two others got onto a scrap over a bread pan. One woman stood up on a counter and helped herself to one of the pans. The proprietor was compelled to call the police to restore order.

50 Years Ago, 1954

• The United States gave the U.N. today a detailed plan for implementing President Eisenhower’s atoms-for-peace program. It proposed (1) sharing materials and know-how through bilateral agreements, (2) a 1955 scientific conference and (3) formation of an international atomic energy agency.

• The gallon jug in milk distribution will “start a revolution in the milk business,” J. Leo Edson, president of the New England Milk Producers Association, told dairymen at the annual meeting in Boston. Edson pointed out that in the Springfield area, the gallon jug container for milk is already being used. Savings per quart to consumers ran as high as 4 to 5 cents, he said.

25 Years Ago, 1979

An Auburn real estate broker who will save approximately $7,000 in taxes with the passage of tax limitation spoke against limitation Monday evening because “it’s not for the benefit of the city.” Representing the Save Our City Committee, Robert Spencer, a real estate agent who owns real estate in Lewiston and Auburn, spoke to a packed audience at Washburn School in Auburn who came to hear both sides of the city’s tax limitation issue. The proposed tax limitation would reduce property taxes in Auburn 16 percent and return the Auburn tax level to below the 1972 amount.