100 years ago: 1919 The commencement week program at Bates College closed Wednesday evening with a reception for the alumni, the graduating class and their guests, by the President and Mrs. Hartshorn in Fiske Reception room in Rand Hall. In the receiving line were the president and his wife, Prof. Angell, Dean Nowell, and Prof. […]

100 years ago: 1919 Edwin B. Lewis, Auburn’s city auditor has wired Mayor Beck from New York that he has accepted a post with the National Committee of War Memorials and will resign as auditor. Mr. Lewis resigned as auditor, Manager Beck says. In accepting the position which pays almost twice the salary which he […]

100 years ago: 1919 Not in years, except maybe on circus day has Lisbon Street been thronged from end to end as it was this morning for the circus parade. A great and almost holiday crowd; a perfect if rather a warm day; success all ’round. 50 years ago: 1969 A group of Lewiston school […]

100 years ago: 1919 It is suggested that Auburn add to her automobile reform such as a moderate pace in wet weather as to ensure the safety of summer gowns on the sidewalk of city streets. One Auburn casualty early today reported a mud-spotted waist and skirt and a neck that also needed laundering. Also, […]

100 years ago: 1919 It has been pointed out that the old postal rates, to be resumed the first of July, paid Uncle Sam most of the profits which accrued from government management of the postal business. Since the average letter weighs only about a third of an ounce and Uncle Sam receives by the […]

100 years ago: 1919 Auburn police department has given warning to the public, and orders to the members of the force that the law regarding dimming automobile headlights is to enforce as strictly as that in regards to reckless driving. A campaign will begin on July 4. The law, which has been in operation since […]

100 years ago: 1919 The regular Thursday night dances at Auburn Hall under the direction of McLure’s Orchestra are proving to be the big event, of each week as is evident by the always large and enthusiastic group of dances. 50 years ago: 1969 Bonnie Hodgkins, a 1969 graduate of Edward Little High School, and […]

100 years ago: 1919 The sophomore class of ELHS of Auburn held it’s annual class outing at Island Park in Windham Friday. They made the trip in an auto-truck. 50 years ago: 1969 James B. Longley, CLU of Lewiston has been elected second vice president of the Million Dollar Round Table, an international organization of […]

100 years ago: 1919 If you didn’t have a dollar to spend in Auburn, Wednesday, you were “out of luck.” Auburn had a Dollar Day of its own, and with the streets congested with crowds of circus size, the clerks in many stores will be glad when the closing comes. There were real bargains in […]

100 years ago: 1919 City treasurer Hilton of Lewiston, following a decision by city solicitor Roger A Greene, will not pay the increase of 50 cents a day recently granted the janitors at City Hall by the committee on public property. Under the ordinances, the pay cannot be increased by a committee or by the […]