100 Years Ago: 1924 Mrs. Velora J. Strout of Minot will receive $.99 damages from Frank W. Hodge, also of Minot, whom she sued for $1,000 damages in superior court, Friday alleging that he assaulted her. The unusual verdict of one cent less than a dollar was returned by a traverse jury of 12 men […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 “So immoral” has the high school and public dance become in the opinion of the authorities of Jordan High School of Lewiston that the faculty through Miss Mary Leonard, dean of girls, appealed to the girl students at assembly Friday to launch a movement to “clean up the dance.” The students […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 It isn’t often that a person wins two lawsuits in a day but that’s what Ell H. Foster of Poland did Wednesday in superior court, Auburn. He was victorious in two trespass suits brought against Joseph P. Lebaw, also of Poland, in one receiving an award of $20.42 and in the […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 While Carroll Everett,who resides near Elmwood station was milking his cows Tuesday evening, he smelled smoke. He started out of doors to learn if there was any fire about, he met at the door a neighbor, Kenneth Dunn, who warned him that flames were shooting through the roof from the hayloft. […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 An article was unavailable for October 19, 1924, therefore an article from October 19, 1923 is being offered instead. A five foot rattlesnake, said to be 11 years old was killed Wednesday in Auburn, on the River road by Fred Banks, a member of the Central Maine Power line crew which […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Frank T. Flewelling, a blacksmith, was surprised Friday evening when the Dexter man was informed that he had won first prize of $25 in the Maine Seed Potato Slogan contest. He denied all knowledge of entering the contest, but his wife, Mrs. Effie Flewelling, came to the rescue and admitted sending […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 William Scruton, advance man for a large circus now touring the South, is spending a few days at his home in Lewiston. 50 Years Ago: 1974 Court officials say Superior Court Judge Sumner Goffin is expected back to the bench next Thursday after suffering a heart attack at his Portland home […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 While Benjamin Franklin Chandler of Portland is asking for an annulment of his marriage nearly four years ago to Mrs. Hazel Conant, a friend of long standing. Mrs. Conant is living happily with her first husband, Aibion Conant, with whom she was reunited after she thought he had been killed out […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 The newest school in Lewiston, one of the finest of its kind in New England, opened for regular sessions Wednesday morning. It is known as the West Rose Hill, standing with an excellent southern exposure at Lisbon street and East avenue. It is a grade school with five rooms, accommodating 200 […]