100 years ago, 1917How many owners of automobiles in Lewiston and Auburn will offer their cars to the Sandman for two hours in the morning, Thursday, July 26th? Do you want to help give the Sandman’s kiddies a good time? Do you want to give them a glimpse of the country and the fresh beauty […]
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Looking Back on July 18
100 years ago, 1917Captain-elect Roger A. Greene, Nelson Dingley battery heavy field artillery, received notification from the adjutant general’s office Monday that the physical requirements from now on will be five feet, one inch, and 110 pounds. It is suggested that those men who were refused admittance because of being either under weight or height […]
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Looking Back on July 17
100 years ago, 1917C. J. Martin of Lewiston is the inventor of a safety improvement upon a laundry boiler. It consists of a wire basket that is placed at the bottom of the boiler and on each side of which is attached a wire from the basket to the boiler’s handles. The basket is thus […]
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Looking Back on July 15
100 years ago, 1917“Down with the Kaiser” and “We’re After His Hide” were the suggestive messages written on the sides of the two cars filled with happy British recruits that passed thru Lewiston Thursday, on their way to the training camps in Canada. 50 years ago, 1967Auburn’s so-called “Knight House,” the city’s first frame dwelling, […]
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Looking Back on July 14
100 years ago, 1917The Lewiston Evening Journal has frequently made mention of Lone Wolf, the full-blooded Pawnee Indian who married a white girl in Auburn, but we think it is not generally known that he has abandoned his circus and dramatic life and settled down in Auburn, where he is now working in the Dingley […]
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Looking Back on July 7
100 years ago, 1917The Dover soldiers, Co. F., who have been stationed at the old Webster grammar school in Auburn, and on patrol duty at railroad bridges, left by the lower Maine Central at 6:45 Thursday morning, bag and baggage. They will go into camp at Augusta, Camp Keyes, with other units of the Maine […]
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Looking Back on July 6
100 years ago, 1917Henry W. Oakes of Auburn has been nominated to be the first Judge of the newly created Androscoggin superior court. The appointment is for seven years, and the new tribunal, which come legally into existence Saturday, is practically the same in its jurisdiction and in its offices as the superior court at […]
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Looking Back on May 12
100 years ago, 1917Lieut. Col. Palmer of the First Maine Regiment, Coast Patrol Corps wants 345 comfort bags within a week. This means a busy week for the sewing committee of the local League for Women’s Service, and they will have to enlist many in the work. The materials will be cut and ready to […]
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Looking Back on August 8
100 years ago, 1916At the regular meeting of the Auburn City government held last evening, it was voted to hold but one more band concert, owing to the fact that the Board of Trade had not appeared with the donation which was promised for the maintenance of the concerts. The city appropriated $100 and of […]
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Looking Back on August 6
100 years ago, 1916Fortunat Belleau, son of F. X. Belleau, is now a member of the editorial staff of Le Messager, succeeding Prof. L. N. Gendreau, who has gone to Canada where he will act as a regimental bandmaster. Mr. Belleau is a member of the Maine bar, and until recently was a resident of […]