100 Years Ago: 1924 Probably none of Earl S. Lewis’ friends in Auburn except the writer knew that he had written a book while in Auburn, serving as executive secretary of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce. The story can be told now, Mr. Lewis having left the city last Saturday for Massachusetts where he is […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 A mystery automobile has upper Turner street, Auburn people who keep late nights guessing. It has no regular date for appearing and its hour is not a fixed one. It just comes racing down the direction of Turner, lightless and apparently bent on getting somewhere in the least possible lapse of […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 To attract attention to the Bible and the work of the Bible Society of Maine, an attempt was made to secure a hand-written copy of the Scriptures, that should not only be the largest Bible in the world, but the one into the making of which a greater number of hands […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 The Norridgewock branch of the Skowhegan Trust Company was entered by burglars early today and the “burglar proof” vault, containing about $500, was carried off. 50 Years Ago: 1974 A Lewiston woman escaped apparent injury Saturday night when the auto she was driving on Montello Street ended up in a private […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 West Minot was the biggest and reddest spot on the map of Maine on Wednesday, when the grangers entertained Pomona and the governor of the state. The day cleared warm and sunny, the roads were in prime condition, some sixty cars rolled into parking quarters near the hall and nearly 300 […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Auburn firemen chopped down a pine tree that was on fire a short distance from Sherman’s hothouse on Lake street Thursday morning. Chopping the tree down was the only recourse the firemen had, as the flames could be put out no other way with the apparatus on hand. Cut-down near the […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 William Scott injured his left hand Wednesday in Wilton when it caught in the carding machine which he was cleaning so that it was necessary to amputate his index and second fingers. 50 Years Ago: 1974 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Miner, two associates of Mrs. Debbie Dortzbach, the nurse who […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Petting parties on Lewiston City Park and about the new armory building are becoming a nuisance, according to members of the Lewiston police department. The arms of girls, draped about the shoulders of youthful automobile drivers is also getting to be a common sight. Farms on the outskirts of the city where beer or cider is […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 John H. Crowley, Jr., and Dr. E. A. Freeman of Lewiston jumped from the former’s Hudson coach they were riding in about three seconds before the Bar Harbor Express struck it at the Maine Central railroad crossing in Monmouth at 8.50 o’clock Tuesday morning. 50 Years Ago: 1974 Two Lewiston men, […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Residents of Auburn may plan on one of the finest water systems by October 1st of any city in New England for the foundation of the pumping station at Lake Auburn has been completed and work on the brick walls begins Monday. 50 Years Ago: 1974 Over $200 worth of merchandise […]