100 years ago: 1919 Solon C. Harmon, of Main St., Lewiston who for the past two years has been the paymaster of the L.H. Shattuck Corporation at Newington, N.H. near Portsmouth, has received a fine compliment in the corporation paper. Among all shipbuilding ships in the country, this one takes the lead in the accuracy […]

100 years ago: 1919 A two-act drama will be given Wednesday evening by the young ladies of the Pansy club. The title of the play is “The Open Secret” and will be accompanied by other interesting numbers. The entertainment will start at 7:45 Wednesday evening. 50 years ago: 1969 Lost Valley Ski Lodge in Auburn […]

100 years ago: 1919 Bridge Street in Lewiston, between Spring and Summer streets, is in impassible condition as a result of the recent thaw and rain. The street department is now at work making temporary repairs on Spring Street. 50 years ago: 1969 No formal program is planned for this week’s meeting of Auburn Exchange […]

100 years ago: 1919 The Stanton Bird Club will meet at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce room at 7:30 p.m. A schedule for field work for April will be given out. 50 years ago: 1969 Auburn police discovered a yellow metal box and a used transmission this morning on the river bank along North River […]

100 years ago: 1919 The batters for the new clubhouse for the Litchfield Fish and Game Association is now in position. Contractor Henry Frost of Lewiston is to put in the foundation after which the work is supervised by Litchfield parties. Twenty new members have been taken in from these cities since it was voted […]

100 years ago: 1919 The combination dance idea for tonight’s dance is one to show all the dancers of Lewiston and Auburn what is meant by the combination dance. Sometime in the evening, the combination will be sprung on the crowd when it least expects it. All that is necessary is that the dancers can […]

100 years ago: 1919 There have been many parades in Lewiston and Auburn perhaps, has there been none so significant. No glitter of gold, no flash of color, save in the great folds of the American flag — touched the marching columns. It was the aftermath of war grimly impressive, earnest, businesslike telling in a […]

100 years ago: 1919 An informal meeting of those interested in the reorganization of the Lewiston-Auburn Young Men’s Hebrew Association is to be held at 8 p.m., Tuesday evening in the Lewiston Synagogue. Rabbi Rudolph H. Life of Temple Isreal, Portland, and Benjamin Berman of Lewiston will speak and Herman O. Gotlin, a representative of […]

100 years ago: 1919 At the regular meeting of the wardens and vestry of St. Michael’s Church in Auburn, Monday evening, the following were chosen as delegates to the diocesan convention, at St. Luke’s Cathedral, in Portland, May 21: Charles R. Carter, Charles E. Holt and Walter I. Foss with Dr. J. Kenneth Green, George […]

100 years ago: 1919 A modern Addressograph has been installed by The Sun for use in the Mailing Department. This new equipment is similar to that being used in many of the large newspaper offices of this country. Only one other Maine daily is using Addressograph equipment. The new label bears the entire address of […]