100 years ago, 1913
Sunday morning was devoted to a manhunt in Durham. About 50 men from all over town, some of whom walked seven miles to participate, joined forces at The bend at 8 a.m. In this party were the selectmen, town constable Leon R. Bowie and Deputy Sheriff Merton H. Stackpole. Under their direction a line was formed, with the men but a few yards apart, and the woods on the Merrill place, where the “wild man” has been staying, were gone thru as by a fine-tooth comb. No trace of the stranger was found. On Saturday night when Ralph Sawyer drove home his cows he found one had been milked. This particular cow is the only one in his herd which will stand to be milked out of doors. Laforest Gale also reported that one of his cows had been practically milked dry. It will be remembered that Friday night following a search by 15 men nothing was seen or heard from the “wild man” near Crockett’s barn, where he had milked a cow the night before, altho this was watched and the woods were watched until midnight. Over at the Josiah Vining farm, where a German family lives, the man reports that on Friday night he heard someone trying to get into his barn. He fired his gun into the air and the man vanished. He thought the visitor was partly clothed, at least. Durham citizens hardly know what to make of this peculiar visitation and now are simply awaiting new developments.

50 years ago, 1963
Co-stars of the TV show Route 66, Martin Milner and Glenn Corbett, will be on location at the saw mill of the Pemco Mfg. Co. in Mechanic Falls on Saturday morning. The two stars will work with the saw mill crews from 7:30 to 11 a.m. The cast and crew of Route 66 are presently quartered at Poland Spring while using Maine background for three segments of the show’s new fall video series.

25 years ago, 1988
Higher fees at the trash-to-energy plant in Auburn would force area municipalities to increase their solid waste budgets by at least 62 percent to continue bringing their waste to the facility, officials said. Thirteen towns — Auburn and small towns in central and western Maine — bring their waste to the plant, and municipal officials say a statewide trash crisis leaves them with little choice other than paying the proposed higher fees.