100 Years Ago: 1920 Stock certificates of shares in the Martindale Holding Corporation will be issued soon. This corporation which will finance a country club for Lewiston and Auburn, has already been organized, and more than 200 shares of stock at $100 a share have already been subscribed. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Jane Berry was appointed chairman […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 One of the most successful church fairs ever held under the auspices of the Ladies’ Social Union of the Sixth St. Congregational church, Auburn, was closed last night, and it was reported that more than $400 had been cleared In the sales and suppers of the two-day event. 50 Years Ago: […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Willard H. Waterman of East Auburn, postal driver, of route 4 from the Auburn post office missed his trip yesterday on account of illness, this being the first time in 20 years of service that he has been unable to make his trip. Mr. Waterman is the oldest of the Auburn […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The 1924 Literary Society is to present “The Courtship of Miles Standish” in the Lewiston High school Assembly Hall at eight o’clock the evenings of Dec. 16-17. The cast is working hard at rehearsals under the direction of their English teacher, Miss Helen, McGraw. Beatrice Libby will be the accompanist for […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 An addition to Lewiston’s business district which has caused favorable comment is the advent of the city’s newest shoe merchants, the Boston Shoe Store, which throws open its doors for the first time this morning. Situated in the recently renovated Grant building on the busiest portion of Lisbon street, the store […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Wonders will never cease! A well known officer of the Lewiston Police force was seen on Main Street, Monday leaning nonchalantly against an automobile hauled up beside the curb while he inspected his chin in the windshield mirror to see if he needed a shave. 50 Years Ago: 1970 A musical […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Androscoggin County for the first time in its history has a woman deputy – Mrs. Harriet Spiller of Mechanic Falls – having been appointed by Sheriff Fred Stevens. Her appointment is as a civil deputy and her duties will be primarily to serve papers.  She attended Poland public school, after which […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Nine inches of snow, nearly an inch of rain and then two inches more of snow was the official dose which Lewiston and Auburn received the first three days of this week. The sun has failed to appear since Saturday, altho it has fought hard once or twice to break thru […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The Salvation Army has departed from its regular custom, and instead of giving the poor of the city one meal, will distribute warm clothing and shoes. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Capt. Gail M. Liberty, daughter of Mrs. Frederick P. Liberty, 26 Linden St. Auburn, and the late Mr. Liberty has been […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Thanksgiving Day, 1920 promises to be very happy in Lewiston and Auburn. There will be nothing spectacular about it – nothing big; nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, memory fails to recall when there ever has been. Some holidays are marked by public gatherings and community of interests; but this […]