100 Years Ago: 1918 Leavitt Institute in Turner opens on Oct. 1st. The double-session plan will be used, there is an intermission of an hour and a quarter at noon and school closing at 3:30 in the afternoon. Two buildings have been leased to take the place of the old dormitory until a new one can be built The […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 24
100 Years Ago: 1918 Everyone is to be depended upon to help make the gathering of material for gas-masks a success. The Community Chorus pledged its support through Captain Stiles, who was one of the most enthusiastic speakers at the meeting held at the Lewiston Chamber of Commerce, last night. Local fire stations are to […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 22
100 Years Ago: 1918 Six thousand cases of Spanish influenza are reported at Camp Devens and the Boston Red Cross Headquarters has summoned nurses from all New England hospitals to care for the soldiers suffering from the disease. An Auburn boy in the camp writes that the disease has spread through the entire encampment but that […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 21
100 Years Ago: 1918 Through the Lewiston Chamber of Commerce, a new shoe factory is to be established in Lewiston. The two upper floors of the Levasseur garage on lower Lisbon Street has been secured for the factory and is to employ between 300 and 400 people. 50 Years Ago: 1968 “Crime and Social Revolution” […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 20
100 Years Ago: 1918 (From an ad in the Journal): ICE CREAM SODA 15¢ We kept the price down to 10¢ in the face of rapidly rising costs as long as we possibly could, but were forced to advance to maintain the high standard of drinks served at our fountains. Through all times […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 19
100 Years Ago: 1918 Members of the Oxford County League of Historical Societies will gather for the organization’s fall meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday at the community room adjacent to the Town Office. The Paris Cape Historical Society will host the meeting and program after a brief business meeting. Local societies are encouraged to bring […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 18
100 Years Ago: 1918 Labor Day proved the most profitable day of the year for a Rumford man who found a freshwater pearl somewhere in Oxford, which is now on display in that town, valued at $150. 50 Years Ago: 1968 Gov. Curtis announced the formation of a Maine Rural Youth Corps, the first of […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 17
100 Years Ago: 1918 Kora Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Lewiston is planning on one of the largest attended meetings in its history. at the annual State fair session, which will be held on Thursday evening this week. It is reported that a large class of candidates will be present, and […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 15
100 Years Ago: 1918 Today will be the closing day or the War Savings Stamp “drive” in Lewiston and Auburn, and it is expected that the results will exceed the expectations of those who have been in charge of the drive. Business has been good all of the week, and since Monday, when the little […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 14
100 Years Ago: 1918 A large working model of a United States transport ship will be one of the attractions at the Maine State Fair in Lewiston next week and be placed in the booth of the U. S. Employment bureau in the main building. This model cost about $6000 to construct and was built in the Texas yards in Bath. Harry Armstrong, […]