“If anyone walks down Lisbon Street in Lewiston, he will certainly think that he is in … an alien land,” where foreigners speaking a strange language are everywhere, an observer claimed. There are “few real Americans” left in the city, another man griped. He also noted that “a few real Americans” in Lewiston “are working […]
history
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections, sj-web
Historical society to show Poland Spring winter sports activities
POLAND — The Poland Historical Society will present a collection of historic images of winter sports activity at the historic Poland Spring Resort. The event will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in the Old School House Museum. Most Poland residents are aware that the Poland Spring property was a popular destination for […]
advertisement
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
James Myall addresses the Lewiston Rum War
LEWISTON — It’s often said that Maine leads the way in many cultural and political matters, and the subject of sale and consumption of liquor from the mid-1850s to about 1930 bears out the truth of that observation. An audience of nearly three dozen people heard an entertaining address on the subject Tuesday afternoon by […]
Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
DAR chapter to learn facts, fiction of Molly Ockett
AUBURN — Mary Dillingham-Burnt Meadow Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will host Nancy LeCompte, Maine author and authority on Maine Indians, as they explore facts and fiction surrounding the Native American woman known as Molly Ockett. Ockett lived from 1740 to 1816 and served as a doctress and midwife to many of this region’s […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Dirigo students share Boston Tea Party knowledge
PERU — Fourth-grade students in Kristi Holmquist’s class at Dirigo Elementary School presented a Boston Tea Party readers’ theater to family and friends Thursday. Some students dressed as colonists or representatives of the British government to tell the story of colonists throwing chests of British tea into Boston Harbor on Dec. 16, 1773. Besides their performance […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Museum L-A selling products designed with mill workers' artwork
LEWISTON — Museum L-A is preserving Maine history with original millworkers’ artwork, and it all started with a dive into a dump truck. Museum Executive Director Rachel Desgrosseilliers said that in 2005 she spotted two big dump trucks on the loading dock. One had a bright red piece of fabric sticking out. “It caught my curiosity […]
Posted inEncore, sj-web
Looking Back on January 8
100 years ago, 1918Prior to the inaugural the old Lewiston city council transacted a little routine business — and died. Then, its members, as private citizens, remained to witness the incoming of their successors. This meeting of the old council, set for nine o’clock, opened somewhere about eleven. The members of both bodies dribbled in […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Christmas at Norlands reflects simpler time
LIVERMORE — At the Norlands Living History Center on Saturday there were no bright red and green baubles, colorful lights or golden garland, but Christmas was very much in the air. The lack of lavish decorations, reflecting a simpler time at the annual Christmas at Norlands event, was noticed by guests. It wasn’t until 1870, […]
Posted inEncore, sj-web
Looking Back on November 30
100 years ago, 1917A valuable pair of horses and lumber cart owned by Robert Stewart mysteriously disappeared from Main street, Lewiston, yesterday afternoon at 4:46. The team was valued at about $625. Up to a late hour last night Mr. Stewart had been unable to get any trace of the team. Mr. Stewart left his […]
Posted inbPlus, sj-web
The horror in Halifax
Wrecked homes on Campbell Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in December 1917. (Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management) For the first time, Nova Scotia’s annual Christmas tree gift to the city of Boston will make a thank-you stop in Maine to mark the tragedy’s centennial and Maine’s assistance. On a morning in Maine 100 years […]