100 years ago: 1919 Dr. A. Goodwin and M. A. Free will leave for Atlantic City to attend the convention of the National Anti-Tuberculosis Association, held there this week. They will represent the Androscoggin Association and report on the work which has been done the past year. 50 years ago: 1969 Over 1,750 commemorative coins […]

100 years ago: 1919 , Half a day’s work on the west side of Main Street between Whipple Street and Central Maine General Hospital would remove a multitude of denunciation of the Lewiston Street Department officials, who have neglected to fill potholes filled in on that stretch of city macadam. It is so small a […]

100 years ago: 1919 The Wednesday Morning Club meeting is omitted this week. Next week the club will meet on Friday, as guests for the day of Mrs. Abble Peaslee and Mrs. Ella F. Neal. A picnic lunch will be served to the club and guests. 50 years ago: 1969 Harry Jones of the Edward […]

100 years ago: 1919 The degree unit of Thornes Corner Grange will on Saturday, go to South Paris Grange where they will work the third and fourth degrees upon a large class of candidates at Paris Grange. The trip will be taken by automobile and it’s expected that in addition to the members of the […]

100 years ago: 1919 City Manager Beck of Auburn, when questioned by the Lewiston Journal Wednesday, said that he will decline the gratifying offer made him by the Wabash Railway to become its terminal supervisor. He was offered a wider field and broader opportunity, but he has become interested in Auburn and feels that his […]

100 years ago: 1919 Information was received here Monday which enabled the people of Paris and Norway to set the date for the welcome to the returned soldiers. It will be held in the Oxford County Fair Grounds in South Paris, Monday. June 9. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards and Governor Carl Milliken and his staff […]

100 years ago: 1919 Lisbon schools were closed Wednesday; vaccination of the pupils was begun, thorough investigation of suspicious cases of smallpox was carried on by the three local physicians under the direction of Dr. T. H. Burr of the Falls and quarantine was established wherever it was deemed necessary. No cause can be assigned […]

100 years ago: 1919 Streetcar traffic on Main Street bridge Saturday evening was held up for over a half hour when a trolley car on a figure eight car, Lewiston bound, became entangled in the Victory Arch and brought the wires down. Except for holding up traffic and slightly injuring the wires, no damage was […]

100 years ago: 1919 Archdeacon Robinson of Trinity Parish will deliver an address at Excelsior Grange, Poland, Saturday evening at 8 o’clock, and Sunday afternoon at 2, he will speak at Danville Union Church. 50 years ago: 1969 The Central Maine Arts and Crafts Guild meet Monday at the First Universalist Church, Elm Street, Auburn, […]

100 years ago: 1919 Freight business on the railroads is reported to be on the increase which is considered for many to be a sign of more business over the entire country. 50 years ago: 1969 Stephen T. Hughes, 25, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Hughes of West Auburn, took his oath […]