100 Years Ago: 1920 The newly elected officers of the  Maine State Fair will meet at the Peoples  Savings Bank at nine o’clock next Monday morning. At the final meeting of the old board Treasurer Callahan reported total receipts were $39,645.95 and total expenditures were $32,150 leaving a balance for the year of $7,500. 50 […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 After next Monday when Henry E, Goss will be inaugurated mayor of Auburn, Mayor Burnham will be a free man–that that is free for political activities. The non-partisan bonds which have held him bound hand and foot, as it were, for two years, will have been broken. being a shackled figurehead, […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Rolling into Lewiston from Sabbatus, Friday. was the first safety car for the Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad company. Four of these cars are operated by one man. who is a combination conductor and motorman, arrived at Sabbatus Thursday afternoon, and on Friday were being unloaded. General Sweeney of the railroad said […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Secretary Westervelt of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce is booked to speak before the directors of the Bath Chamber of Commerce, Friday night on the activities of the  Auburn organization. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Plans for the annual Auburn Firemen’s Ball are well underway with Pvt. Gerald G. Blanchard as the […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Edward A. Beck, city manager of Auburn. will be retained as manager at a special meeting of the city council, which will be held in the mayor’s office at five o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Salary will be made satisfactory lo Mr. Beck—in other words, he will be paid $3,600 from the city […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 It Is learned In Lewiston that Governor Milliken has nominated F. X. Marcotte for another term of six years to the Lewiston Police examination. The nomination must be confirmed by the governor’s council, but this is just a formality. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Gene Benner of Auburn, the pass-catching. record-setting end […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The home service section of the Red Cross has received from the Boston headquarters a warning against a man who claims to be an agent of the War Risk Bureau and other matters. 50 Years Ago: 1970 The Women’s Auxiliary of the East Auburn Community Unit is meeting Sunday at eight […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 At a meeting of the Lewiston board of Public Works on Monday evening, it was decided to advance the pay of the employees of the street department  50 cents a day including the bosses and superintendent. This makes the pay of a street laborer $4 a day. The increase was based […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 More than a hundred couples enjoyed the New Year’s dance given by the Degree of Pocahontas last evening, with Berry’s 7-piece orchestra furnishing the music. The fanfare of the evening was the Leap Year dance at midnight, with the men not being allowed upon the floor unless asked to dance by […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Philibert Roy, who drives for Atherton Furniture Co. was cranking his Ford Wednesday when It kicked back, breaking his arm. This is the second time in a year that he has had this misfortune. 50 Years Ago: 1970 A local man was one of the ” featured performers when the Ice […]