100 Years Ago: 1925 Within three or four days the new ski tower in Pettengill Park, Auburn, will be completed, work having progressed rapidly under the direction of Building Inspector Briggs. It won’t be long now before the youngsters are enjoying this exhilarating sport. 50 Years Ago: 1975 The new year 1975 was welcomed by […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 The flannel shops have kept up a fair race and personnel. This is true at the M. C. Stone & Son Company in Lewiston, whose expansion is now in order. New Year’s will find this shop in the Lewiston Journal block, doing an increasing business. Production is to be doubled, with […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 This has been the most remarkable winter in many years as to the automobile trade. An Auburn dealer says that this snow has sent the business in automobile chains soaring. They handled 3000 sets of chains around Christmas and have ordered two carloads since and the load is about disposed of, […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 An article for December 28, 1924 was unavailable therefore an article from December 28, 1923 is being offered instead. Acting on information sent out by the fish and game authorities at Augusta the Lewiston police department was on the lookout Friday for a touring car with a large deer fastened to […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 An Oxford man claims he has a Stradivarius violin. This is Lorenzo B. Jones. The remains of this violin were found tied up with strings in a store in Sorento, Fla., some years ago. They were picked up and sent to the Maine man, who was musical and interested in fiddles. […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Fire in the Livermore Falls high school building threatened its total destruction at 1:15 Friday afternoon. Smoke was pouring from every window and door in the structure. Firemen were making a brave effort to stop the blaze, but there seemed little chance of their being successful. The building seemed doomed. The […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Shivering from the cold, without work and despondent, a Cambridge, Massachusetts man came into the Auburn police station over the weekend and asked to be arrested for vagrancy that he might find shelter and food in the jail. It seemed to be the only thing to do and in court Monday […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 An article for December 21, 1924 is unavailable therefore an article from December 21, 1923 is being offered instead. Little Miss Eloise Clary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Birchard Clary of Pine Ave., Livermore Falls, entertained several of her friends and classmates at a Christmas party, Thursday evening. The rooms were […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Chief Field of the Lewiston police department called two store keepers before him Saturday to issue a solemn warning not to sell cigarettes to minors. Any further infraction of that state law will result in their appearance in municipal court to answer to serious charges. Information has been received  at police headquarters […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Santa Claus arrived in Gardiner at noon Thursday and was accorded the regal reception due a visitor of his distinction. Hundreds of children joined in the procession that moved to the Johnson House where Headquarters have been established during the holidays. A brass band met Santa who arrived mid the jingling […]