100 years ago, 1915
A Lewiston young lady, who sleeps with one or two open windows in her room, was confident that she did not feel anything of the gale of Tuesday night. She was taken back a little when she found Wednesday morning that a rocking chair that had stood near a window had been blown the length of the room.

50 years ago, 1965
Lisbon Weaving Co. took over the operation of idle Worumbo Mill here in contract-closing ceremonies held at noon time Thursday. This project was the result of cooperative efforts among local business interests, a local bank, State and Federal governments, and the staunch members of a community. The noon time ceremonies were followed by a public reception and lunch at the Lisbon Falls Fire Station. The new company is expected to re-employ 250 of the area’s unemployed weavers when it reaches full production. J. P. Stevens Co., former owner and operator of the mill, sold the entire plant to the community exclusive of the Worumbo name rights, for $811,500 even though the property had been appraised at more than $1 million. Stevens also is making a $100,000 loan to the new firm for working capital. A spokesman for Lisbon Industrial Development Corporation said that funds raised in the bond drive is close to $120,000 and that money over the amount needed for the Worumbo purchase will be used toward reopening Farnsworth Mill.

25 years ago, 1990
Unleashing 4,000 pounds of explosives Thursday afternoon, a crew from Maine Drilling and Blasting surgically sheared off a granite hillside near Turnpike Exit 13 in Lewiston, while preserving high voltage power lines just 100 feet away. The blasting, which began before Christmas and should wrap up in two weeks, is part of a $1 million project to complete a two-lane, 3,100-foot access road to a cluster of new industrial parks. The blast reduced part of the granite ledge to about 3,000 cubic yards of rubble — enough to fill about 250 12-yard dump trucks.

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