100 years ago, 1917
One of the results of the Lisbon Board of Trade meeting is that L. A. Jack Esq. started today for Boston to represent this Board at the meeting of New England Governors in consultation on the coal situation. That there is a big shortage of coal in this village was brought out at last night’s meeting. Th local mills have their supply, but there are many empty coal bins in the village. Mr. Jack will make an effort to got a supply of coal for this town.

50 years ago, 1967
The mystery of who tried to change the results of the 1966 Democratic primary voting in Lewiston by tampering with the ballots remains unsolved, after 16 months. And with no further leads to follow, and the trail colder by the day, the state now considers the case closed. Whether the tampering took place in Augusta, while the ballots were stored there for a recount of House votes; or whether it took place in Lewiston, while the ballots were in boxes in a back hall of the city building “almost entirely unguarded” has not been ascertained.

25 years ago, 1992
After transferring cargo ranging from acid to flour, Safe Handling Inc. of Auburn transported a different kind of cargo around Auburn on its train Friday. The company recently acquired a caboose, which it is using as an office and has painted with its green and white logo. The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad provided an engine and engineer during an open house to give rides from Lewiston Junction Road through the Danville area and over to Safe Handling’s headquarters off of Twin Road. The company specializes in connecting long-haul rail and short-haul trucking. A special facility to store muriatic acid shipped from Canada has been designed and could handle any other kinds of dangerous acids because of the precautions built in to prevent leakage.

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