100 years ago, 1913Dr. W.J. Renwick of Auburn has one of the finest summer homes in this section. The doctor did not go to the seashore or the mountains for this purpose, but preferred a place within the city limits and but four miles from his Goff Street home. It was a farm that he […]

100 years ago, 1913The whole countryside stretched along the road in a patrol are anxiously watching a fiercely aggressive forest fire, which in an hour’s time tore its way through the woods on the north side of Bradbury Road, Lewiston, Friday afternoon. On the south side of the road is valuable timberland and hundreds of […]

100 years ago, 1913The park proposition of E.S. Paul, in which he offered the wood lot on Lake Street, Auburn, as a city park and public playground, was discussed from every viewpoint at the special meeting of the Auburn city government, Thursday evening, and after considering the assessed value of the wood lot, the abatement […]

100 years ago, 1913John Hurst, Jr., aged 7 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hurst of Washington street, Auburn, was badly bruised and cut Thursday morning when he plunged his cart into the wheels of a team driven by Alfonso Nadeau of Lewiston. The team was coming down Washington Street hill toward Auburn when […]

100 years ago, 1913Enjoying life for a few days, near the shore of Lake Auburn, is one of the world’s most famous aviators, Edward R. Shaw of Boston, who will fly from Portland, the first of October, for a trip around the world. Why is he in this area? Because Miss Marie Dunn is appearing […]

100 years ago, 1913H.F. Crocker, representing the National Survey Co. of Portland was in Lewiston, Wednesday making preliminary arrangements for getting out an accurate and up-to-date map of Lewiston and Auburn. These cities have grown rapidly since the last map was issued and a work of this nature should be appreciated. The city engineers of […]

100 years ago, 1913Inexperience, the chop kicked up by the strong south wind, and a canoe imperiled the life of an unknown young man on the north shore of Lake Auburn. Friday, at dusk, his rescue came just in time. The rescue was made my Mr. Patterson, who put out in a rowboat upon hearing […]

100 years ago, 1913The Lewiston police have again been notified that the purloining of quarters from the gas meters in the basements of several Lewiston residences is still going on. The work was at one time thought to be the result of a cleverly laid system of robbery but as the time went on and […]

100 years ago, 1913Maine is showing a steady development in its shoe manufacturing interests, and this is particularly evident in Auburn, which today is providing quite a variety of footwear. It is the birthplace and home of the canvas shoe, and there is more truth than fiction in the oft-repeated statement that “the world goes […]

100 years ago, 1913An order providing for the purchase of a spraying machine, which will cost $1,250 and can be used for fire protection at East Auburn, was passed at a regular meeting of the Auburn city council Monday evening. The committee consisting of Earl M. Marsh, L.E. Garland and P.C. Record asked city fathers […]