100 years ago, 1913Percy Morrison of Holland street, Lewiston, was severely injured Friday afternoon because of a collision between an L. A. & W. car and the heavy truck which he was driving in Court street, Auburn. His injuries are about the back, hips and legs. Morrison, who drives a heavy truck owned by G. […]

100 years ago, 1913The David Davis house, 418 Main Street, the oldest residential structure in Lewiston, has been sold by the Coburn estate to A.L. Kavanaugh of this city. Mr. Kavanaugh has not made any plans with regard to the future of the old landmark yet. The frame of the house, which is in remarkably […]

100 years ago, 1913Did you ever stop at the bend of the gradual rise on Sabatis Street, Lewiston, just opposite the old cemetery and consider how great has been the growth of that section of the city within a comparatively few years? The old farm-house with its long ell and big barn, which for years […]

100 years ago, 1913The opportunity for Auburn to have a public park seems to be at hand and it now rests with the city government. E.S. Paul has made a proposition to the city that seems to open up a great possibility. It is well known that he owns a splendid oak grove that would […]

100 years ago, 1913After the damage caused by lightning at the Lewiston Power Station of the Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville street railway, in the shower of Thursday afternoon, and after the transformers had been repaired and were ready to receive the current, no telephone communication could be had with the station at Deer Rips, which […]

100 years ago, 1913Are you one of those people who is unscrupulous about butting in when someone else is on the telephone? If you are, this little sermon is for you. In case of fire or the hurried call for a doctor, the telephone company allows the subscriber to break in with an emergency call. […]

100 years ago, 1913W.W. Merrow of the firm of Merrow Packing Company, Auburn, is thanking his lucky stars that he is alive to tell the course of the bullet which left the 38.70 caliber rifle accidentally going off in the hands of Frank Woodman, the butcher in the slaughtering room at the establishment on Hutchins […]

100 years ago, 1913The forest fire on Androscoggin ridge on the Leeds shore of Wayne Pond has crossed the road and is approaching the lake, on the shore of which farther south, are many summer cottages. The fire started in a cut down Sunday. Monday’s wind caused it to break out with renewed force. A […]

100 years ago, 1913Mr. F. W. White of Lisbon has just completed the manuscript of a book entitled “Her World Brotherhood.” The scene of the plot is laid in Auburn, and the leading character is Gladys Bodge, a victim of modern economic conditions. The work is well written and is something in the nature of […]

100 years ago, 1913The ban has been placed on blank cartridges and revolvers in Lewiston as producers of noise and celebration of the glorious Fourth of July. The orders have gone from Chief of Police McCarron to the officers to take from everyone revolvers. Some years the order has been neglected and quite an arsenal […]