100 years ago, 1918Berry Hall, the dormitory at Leavitt institute, was burned this morning. The fire was discovered shortly after six o’clock by Mont Greenwood, who lives near by. Last Evening the pupils complained of the cold and Janitor William Hall built a hotter fire than usual, but banked the fire before leaving it for […]

100 years ago, 1918“I am personally strong for the “Made in Lewiston and Auburn Week,” said George W. Raymond, head of the Raymond Paper Co. of Lewiston and newly elected head of the Lewiston chamber of commerce, “and I think every member of the chamber is with me. “Oh, we need an auditorium badly. This […]

100 years ago, 1918 If there is any manufacturer who has not yet made arrangements for an exhibit from his shop or mill, and wishes to be one of the participants in the “Made In Lewiston-Auburn Week,” he may still do so by communicating with Chairman Barnstone of the joint committee at once. There are […]

100 years ago, 1918Lewiston and Auburn were having another Garfield holiday Monday, and the two cities looked and felt like a cold winter Sunday. Food stores were closed at noon, as per the order of the fuel commissioner, and the rest of the town hadn’t even opened. The theaters were allowed to run and many […]

100 years ago, 1918A warning to Lewiston-Auburn grocers who force their customers to purchase other goods in order to obtain sugar was issued Wednesday morning by Henry A. Free, Androscoggin County chairman of the federal food administration, who points out that such action is in direct violation of federal law. “I know of one instance,” […]

100 years ago, 1918The first ice racing under the management of the Lewiston and Auburn Driving Club will be held on the Androscoggin River a week from Friday if the weather doesn’t interfere with the plans. The club has been trying to get the winter racing underway for several weeks but first the intense cold […]

100 years ago, 1918The Brockton Heel Co. has leased two floors of the old National No. 1 Shoe factory building, Main street, Lewiston, and will begin the manufacture of heels on an extensive scale within a short time. Fred M. Furbush of Auburn, for many years manager of the jail workshop, is to be the […]

100 years ago, 1918The Sun has just completed the installation of an automatic sprinkler Ore protection system in its building on Park Street. The work was done by the Automatic Sprinkler Co. of America, the largest concern of its kind in the world. A. N. Wilson, a representative of that company being here in charge […]

100 years ago, 1918What might have been a serious accident was avoided this morning when the sleigh driven by Dr. George B. O’Connell caught in the car track on Pine Street and overturned. The horse did not run, and neither Dr. O’Connell nor the other occupant of the sleigh, a nurse, was hurt. 50 years […]