100 Years Ago: 1924 Margaret Matzenauer, the great prima-donna of the Metropolitan Opera Company and star of the Central Maine Music Festival at the Lewiston Armory, is one of the very few stars who admits she is not in the least superstitious. “There is no such thing as good luck or bad luck,” says Mme. […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Jewish inhabitants of Lewiston are making plans for a new synagogue. The present synagogue is at 165 Lisbon street, but members of the congregation Beth Jacob desire a structure for their place of worship. It has not been decided whether to purchase a building already standing, and to remodel it, or […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Sheriff King F. Graham was yesterday appealed to by Mrs. F. L. Buzzell of East Poland to try and locate her son, George F. Buzzell, who she declares has been working in Portland for some months. In her letter to the sheriff, Mrs. Buzzell states that her husband is critically ill, […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 An article for September 28, 1924 is unavailable, an article from September 28, 1923 is  offered instead.  Turner has been famous for its Solon Chase, the great Greenbacker of Maine and candidate for President; for its Turner Center Creamery which has grown and spread itself all over New England; and for […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 “Diphtheria” says the little card on the door front of Frederick G. Payne of Arch Avenue, Lewiston; and this means that wedding bells will not ring for Freddy on Saturday evening as had been planned. Mr. Payne or “Freddy” as he is intimately known to scores of people in both cities, […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 An article for September 26, 1024 was unavailable, an article for September 26, 1923 is being offered instead Mr. D. Holbrook has kept a record for twenty years of the thunder and rainstorms in Livermore Falls and he informs the Journal that this was the first summer that he has not […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 A pear tree in the orchard of Walter I. Clark on Cedar street in Belfast, regardless of the lateness of the season has just come into full bloom. Frequently there is an occasional blossom that comes out at this season of the year and often strawberry blossoms are found, but this […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Mrs. Emma Samson of 33 Maple street, Lewiston, dressed in deepest mourning was ordered to furnish $500 sureties for her appearance at the October term of the Superior Court; 22 year old daughter Alexandria was fined $25 and costs and an 11 year old daughter, Beatrice, was placed on probation, all […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 One of the old landmarks on the county fair grounds in South Paris known as the “Bill” Twitchell dining hall, was handled to Fore Street this week. The monkeys that escaped from Sam Cohen’s side show at the midway on the fairgrounds were finally captured after a week’s outing in the […]