100 Years Ago: 1918 Vernon Stiles will conduct the first rehearsal of the Lewiston-Auburn Community Chorus in Lewiston City Hall Thursday evening at 7:30. The Orpheon Society will be present in a body to lead the men’s section, and every man in Lewiston-Auburn is cordially invited to sing. “Never mind whether you think you can […]
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Looking Back on July 16
100 Years Ago: 1918 A horse that ran away Monday, and picked out upper Maine Central Railroad bridge to perform on, required the services of several men and much effort to pry a hind foot free from between the ties. The horse escaped with just a few scratches, and while it walked lame, was practically […]
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Looking Back on July 14
100 Years Ago: 1918 If the Maine soldiers in the various military camps are allowed to vote by Uncle Sam at the coming September election, it is not improbable that the ballots will be delivered by auto truck, in the personal charge of the State of Maine men. The idea is being considered. It, of […]
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Looking Back on July 13
100 Years ago: 1918 WANTED: 50 patriotic women or girls for stitching army shirts. The government must have shirts for our boys. Good pay and steady work. Experienced and inexperienced. Apply at Bates Street Shirt Company. 50 Years Ago: 1968 John and Meredith Zerillo called the police at 2:30 p.m. and said they would be […]
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Looking Back on July 12
100 Years Ago: 1918 Two ads in the Journal for Lewiston-Auburn readers: “FIGHTING DEMON RUM WITH MODERN WEAPONS”: Arthur Thayer, recently appointed sheriff of Penobscot County, tells the Journal how he hopes to perform the modern miracle of making Bangor dry. Illustrated by Stone. “STORIES OF THE Y.W.C.A. WORK IN FRANCE”: How American women are […]
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Looking Back on July 11
100 Years Ago: 1918 The people of the United States, by self-imposed food restrictions, have aided greatly in maintaining the food supplies of the European allies. Sir Wm. A. M. Goode, liaison officer of the food ministry with the American Food Administration, gave striking figures, showing the extent of inherent self-sacrifice in an address today […]
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Looking Back on July 10
100 Years Ago: 1918 “Rounding up shirkers is a big problem,” says Chief Field of the police department, “as the work has just about been doubled.” Chief Field said this in a conversation with a Journal reporter this morning. John Googin, chairman of the board, came to me the very first week I took office […]
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Looking Back on July 9
100 years ago: 1918 Maine dealers will be required to adopt some system to provide for an equitable distribution of sugar. Dr. Leon S. Merrill, the Federal Food administrative, made it plain to the distributors of Maine, that a square deal was the only question involved and that his office included the necessary authority to […]
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Looking Back on June 16
100 years ago, 1918 If the plans at the Y. W. C. A. athletic committees materialize, there will be big things doing by the girls of the two cities in the athletics line. The Bates College Girls’ Athletic Field, with its tennis courts and baseball diamond, is available for the Y. W. C. A. to […]
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Looking back: Bruce Haley made a mark in his prime
MINOT — He may not have raced full-time since 1999, but in his heyday, drivers and fans alike knew he was one of the contenders. Dubbed the “Hurricane from Minot, Maine” in the 1980s by longtime Oxford public address announcer Bob Walker, second-generation driver Bruce Haley has been a fixture in New England’s short-track racing […]