100 years ago: 1919 New England Telephone and Telegraph announced to supervisory employees today, an increase of wage from $1 to $3 per week for men employees and from $1 to $2 per week for women employees. 50 years ago: 1969 Businesses along Park Street, Lewiston, from Main Street to Pine were without water for […]

100 years ago: 1919 The Auburn W.C.T.U. met this afternoon in the New Odd Fellows Hall. The program was on “Child Welfare and Anti-Narcotics.” In charge was Mrs. Susie Rogers, music was furnished by the I.T.L. 50 years ago: 1969 What’s green and white on one side, black and white on the other side, has […]

100 years ago: 1919 Thousands of spectators who stood in the rain and mist received their fill of sensation when Polley, the “human fly ” climbed to the top of Lewiston’s lone skyscraper, the Manufacturers Bank Building. The preliminaries were rather long. Rex Casey, who is Polley’s manager, climbed out upon the iron covering of […]