100 Years Ago: 1920 The 1920-21 directory, published by Merrill & Webber of Auburn under the direction of A.L. Robinson, who has full charge of the work, as of today about 3,000 names have been added in both cities with 18,180 people listed under Lewiston and about 9,405 in Auburn. This will be the last […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Wouldn’t it be great to motor to Portland from Auburn-Lewiston, via Gray, with nary a hump nor a thump? There is reason to believe that such a pleasure will come within a comparatively short time. No, it won’t be this fall and possibly be next year, but it is on its […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The Hebron Academy Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. held their annual recognition for the new students and new teachers here Friday night at Sturtevant Home. The new girls formed a receiving line after which the faculty had their reception in the large reception room. 50 Years Ago: 1970 The annual Tuberculin Testing […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Pleated skirts of necessity are fuller than straight plain skirts such as have accompanied chic walking suits. Afternoon dresses with simple underskirts continue to have full over-skirts, many of which almost hide the drop beneath, and thus carry along the new note of fullness. Smart taffeta dresses which Parisénnes have worn […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The Lewiston-Auburn Rotary club will resume its weekly meetings a week on Friday, at the new DeWitt. 50 Years Ago: 1970 An Auburn young lady has won top honors at the New England 4H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest Saturday at the Eastern States Exposition at Springfield, Mass. Miss Linda Keene, the […]

100 Years Ago 1920 Two of our old friends who seem to be missing at this fair are the tin-type operator and the hand-organ monkey. Perhaps they are there, but we missed them. The buggy whip seller has apparently given way to the near-leather raincoat merchant. One of the sights on the grounds was pretty […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 New investors have been brought into the Poland Paper Company according to a statement issued by Frank True, president of the company, early today. It is reported that there are at least six new investors, all experienced paper men, with plenty of capital. Plans as to the new management are soon […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 The Androscoggin County Teachers annual meeting will be held at Webster Grammar hall, Auburn, on September 27. 50 Years Ago: 1970 The arrangements for the Women’s Exhibit at the Lewiston Fair, which opens Tuesday, are once more in charge of Mrs. Donald Hatch of Court Street, Awburn, who is being assisted […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 One of the most remarkable newspapers was brought to the Sun office recently. It belongs to E. Eugene Keller, Main Street. It is a small sheet of four pages: “The Ulster County Gazette published at Kingstown, Ulster County, New York state, by Samual Freer and Son, under the date of Saturday, […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Mrs. Eliza Pratt of King avenue, Lewiston who is eighty-four years old, came into the art and fancywork department at the fair, yesterday, wearing a wool coat sweater which she spun and dyed and knit two years ago. She brought it for exhibition among other things, a knit bedspread in leaf […]