100 Years Ago: 1920 Enrico Caruso, the tenor, who has been seriously ill in his apartment for more than a week has developed suppurative pleurisy. Attending physicians say surgical  aspiration was successfully accomplished although his condition is still serious. 50 Years Ago: 1970  A two-day College of Girl Scouting will be held at St. Paul’s Center, […]

100 Years Ago: 1920    A Lewiston young man, Emile Roy, returned to his home following a year’s musical study in Europe. He was planning two concerts at SS. Peter and Paul Church at which Mrs. Eva Spear, soprano, and The Orpheons will sing.   50 Years Ago: 1970   Willham P. Tewhey, executive vice president of the Lewiston-,Auburn Area […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 New dental equipment, modern in every respect, has been received at the Red Cross Headquarters and installed in the office used as a dental clinic. 50 Years Ago: 1970 “I guess I’ll take your fingerprints now,”  This statement, made in a careful and even tone of voice by Captain Picard of the Lewiston Police […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Altho the recent heavy rain removed most of the snow and ice, there are still patches of It left, as one man discovered to his sorrow Friday. He was loaded down with Christmas purchases and was hurrying across Union Square toward an Auburn Heights car when one foot slid ungracefully from […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The second payment on the pledges to the new YMCA in Auburn is now due and notices to that effect are being mailed out to those who subscribed, together with a statement which has been issued by the Building and Finance committee. The statement is as follows: The Auburn YMCA building […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The girls at the local telephone exchange had a party in the day room with a tree well loaded with gifts, many of them cleverly chosen creating a lot of good fun. Between 60 and 70 girls took part and were served ice cream and cake and afterward  thru the courtesy of […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Boy Scouts of Troop 2 of Auburn erected their tent and a stand on Court Street, Saturday, in front of the old city building and were doing rushing business in “Christmas stamps for Better Health.” One of the boys had a bugle and the minute business slackened he unslung it and […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Arab Patrol will hold their third dancing party of the season this evening at Kora Temple. The Springers Orchestra will furnish the music. 50 Years Ago 1970 Androscoggin County’s official population of the 1970 Census was 91,279, up 5.8 per cent from the 1960 figure of 86.212, the. Bureau of the […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The big holiday party which will wind up before Christmas “Y” festivities takes place at the Abou Ben Adhem Hall Monday evening. All girls are invited. Christmas games and dancing will be included in the festivities and three big Christmas features are scheduled including a tableau. The party will commence promptly […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The Jordan Scientific Society held a regular meeting in its headquarters in Carnegie Science Hall, at Bates College Wednesday evening. Mr. Costello, of the Lewiston Sun, gave an Instructive talk on “Gathering in the News.”  He had some interesting excerpts from articles of the London Times, of one hundred years ago, […]