100 years ago: 1918 The preliminary conversations which lately have occupied the allied representatives in Paris have been concluded and more important discussions now are beginning, according to reports reaching official quarters here. To take part in the discussions, Andrew Honar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, went to France yesterday, crossing the channel in an […]

100 years ago: 1918 The German army is suffering from a gasoline famine, says the Matin. At many places allies have found tractors in perfect condition which had been abandoned for lack of gasoline. 50 years ago: 1968 A school for Lewiston election workers will be held Friday evening and directed by Lewiston City Clerk […]

100 years ago: 1918 Interest in official circles today was centered on the new peace note from Austria reported press dispatches, to be on its way to Washington through the medium of the Swedish government. Though no official announcement has yet been made it is considered certain that no answer will be made to the […]

100 years ago: 1918 Donations of old muslin, linen or cotton will be gratefully received at the C.M.G. Hospital, for the supply on hand are being rapidly exhausted. The institution always has a need for material of this sort, but the demand has been unusually great of late because of the number of influenza patients. […]

100 years ago: 1918 Although the German newspapers are not satisfied with President Wilson’s latest note many of them say that it means progress towards peace. This feeling was reflected in operations yesterday in the Berlin stock exchange. The Kreuz Zeitung of Berlin, however, apparently does not look for an early ending of the war […]

100 years ago: 1918 On Tuesday afternoon nearly 200 Lewiston-Auburn men will leave for Fort Williams. Lewiston men will gather at 4:30 p.m. at City Hall and Auburn men at the same hour in Court Square. The canteen committee of the Red Cross will accompany them at their stations, caring for their luggage. P.F. Dondero, […]

100 years ago: 1918 In the face of stubborn resistance, American forces today cleaned up Bois do Foret, just west of Brieulles, France, capturing 75 prisoners, many of them machine gunners. The fight for Bois de Foret began a week ago and has been one of the most stubborn since the beginning of the Meuse-Argonne […]

100 Years Ago: 1918 (Two displays of German items in L-A storefronts) An interesting collection of war trophies is on exhibition in the window of the Perryville Drug Store, Turner Street, Auburn. These were sent here by Sgt. Wallace E. Bragdon. His picture is in the center of the window and on all sides are […]

100 years ago: 1918 Among the duties which fall to the lot of a Red Cross worker in France is that of filling in a family place at the funeral of an American, who had died in France. One Y. W. C. A. secretary and a Red Cross woman following behind an open hearse saw […]