100 years ago, 1911

Bridget Cain appeared in the role of a political stump speaker last evening shortly before 9 o’clock. She addressed a crowd of about 100 people in front of the Sun office for several minutes, her speech although rather rambling being nevertheless of sufficient interest to keep the crowd there. Officers from the police station arrested her for intoxication.

50 years ago, 1961

A two-page color reproduction by Marsden Hartley, former Lewiston resident, appears in a U.S. Information Service magazine published for release in Communist Poland. The artist’s oil painting depicts a Maine coast scene near Reid State Park.

25 years ago, 1986

Betty Ellis emptied her half-full cellar of books Saturday.

She didn’t take them to the dump or to a local library. She had them loaded into a truck for a journey to Africa via Baltimore.

The books, most of them textbooks, are on their way to Liberia, a country founded by freed American slaves on the west coast of Africa.

Mrs. Ellis, who lives in Bowdoin, collected the books from schools in Lisbon, Durham, Freeport, Jay, Skowhegan, Bowdoin and other towns. When they arrive in Liberia, Peace Corps volunteers will sort them out and deliver them to elementary schools throughout the country.