100 Years Ago: 1924 The Norridgewock branch of the Skowhegan Trust Company was entered by burglars early today and the “burglar proof” vault, containing about $500, was carried off. 50 Years Ago: 1974 A Lewiston woman escaped apparent injury Saturday night when the auto she was driving on Montello Street ended up in a private […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 West Minot was the biggest and reddest spot on the map of Maine on Wednesday, when the grangers entertained Pomona and the governor of the state. The day cleared warm and sunny, the roads were in prime condition, some sixty cars rolled into parking quarters near the hall and nearly 300 […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Auburn firemen chopped down a pine tree that was on fire a short distance from Sherman’s hothouse on Lake street Thursday morning. Chopping the tree down was the only recourse the firemen had, as the flames could be put out no other way with the apparatus on hand. Cut-down near the […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 William Scott injured his left hand Wednesday in Wilton when it caught in the carding machine which he was cleaning so that it was necessary to amputate his index and second fingers. 50 Years Ago: 1974 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Miner, two associates of Mrs. Debbie Dortzbach, the nurse who […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Petting parties on Lewiston City Park and about the new armory building are becoming a nuisance, according to members of the Lewiston police department. The arms of girls, draped about the shoulders of youthful automobile drivers is also getting to be a common sight. Farms on the outskirts of the city where beer or cider is […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 John H. Crowley, Jr., and Dr. E. A. Freeman of Lewiston jumped from the former’s Hudson coach they were riding in about three seconds before the Bar Harbor Express struck it at the Maine Central railroad crossing in Monmouth at 8.50 o’clock Tuesday morning. 50 Years Ago: 1974 Two Lewiston men, […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Residents of Auburn may plan on one of the finest water systems by October 1st of any city in New England for the foundation of the pumping station at Lake Auburn has been completed and work on the brick walls begins Monday. 50 Years Ago: 1974 Over $200 worth of merchandise […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 With the Lewiston branch of the Coon Ice Cream Co. operating day and night 365 days in the year it will be seen that this community’s share of the system’s million gallon yearly output is large. Well may Lewiston take pride in having one of the seven manufacturing plants of this […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 On Jan. 1 836, Andrew Johnson put five dollars in the Gardiner Savings Bank for his son, the late George N. Johnson. The son lived his entire life without drawing a penny from or adding to his deposit. On Jan. 1 of this year the deposit of five dollars, with its […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Two damage suits — one for $10,000 and the other for $1,000 have been started against The Texas Co. as a result of the explosion last May of an empty gasolene tank on First street, Auburn, which was believed to have been caused by a match tossed into the open vent. […]