100 Years Ago 1920 Turner expects to again have railroad connection with Auburn and Lewiston the early part of April. This announcement was made Saturday in connection with the making known, the organizer of the Turner Transformer which is to take over the power house of the old Turner railroad at South Turner and release […]

100 Years Ago 1920 For the first time in the history of a big political convention in Maine, women will have a prominent place and some of the best seats in the Republican State convention here next Thursday. The convention will be held in the Auditorium, the home of the Maine musical festivals, and the […]

100 Years Ago 1920 An Auburn gardener reports that his jonquils are up several inches high braving the evil March wind. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Over 5,000 youngsters of school age are expected to be immunized against German measles at a continuing clinic being held this week by the Lewiston Health Department. Yesterday three teams […]

100 Years Ago 1920 A flock of evening grosbeaks have made their appearance for an number of mornings in an Auburn neighborhood. They seem to be attracted by the frozen fruit on a crab apple tree, of which they have regularly made their breakfast. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Because of the unexpected demand for front […]

100 Years Ago 1920 The Lewiston Post of the American Legion will hold a smoker and cribbage tournament this evening at its rooms in the basement of the Priscilla Theater. The guests for the evening will be the Aldan M. Gayton Post of Auburn, who will bring a number of their best cribbage players. 50 […]

100 Years Ago 1920 After the experiences of the past five years the world of fashion turns with relief to the Beauty, the elegance, not to say gorgeousness of the styles which Paris and New York have created for the Spring and Summer Seasons of 1920. In former years, one distinct idea was used and […]

100 Years Ago 1920 Arthur G. Staples, editor of the Lewiston Journal and author of “Just Talks,” little human tid-bits running daily in that paper, gave an enlightening and very interesting address Sunday evening at the Open Forum session held in the Universalist Church, Augusta, “Hon. G. Waldon Smith, president of the associates, presided, and […]

100 Years Ago 1920 Howard Holbrook, sixteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Holbrook of North Auburn, came very near drowning Saturday afternoon while fishing thru a hole in the ice near the bridge. He stepped back and, losing his balance, fell into another hole into the swift-running water beneath. Managing to grasp the edge […]

100 Years Ago: 1920 Current reports that the Cushman-Hollis Co, is to enlarge its present factory to nearly double capacity this summer were not confirmed by E.F. Farrington Abbott, the general manager, when he was asked by the Lewiston Journal, Thursday, He was careful not to deny that plans are underway for improvements, but stated […]

100 Years Ago 1920 Mr. Hinckley took as his topic, “Maine, Our State,” and called  attention to the fact that, on Monday, Maine will have been a separate state for 100 years. The remainder of his talk was instructive criticism which was well chosen and full of truth. “For the past 100 years,” he began, […]